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Beam :: Beam (n.) Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use..

Shore :: Shore (n.) A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging..

Pale :: Pale (n.) A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.

Coak :: Coak (v. t.) To unite, as timbers, by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or faces..

Slide :: Slide (v. t.) To cause to slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one piece of timber along another..

Check :: Check (v. t.) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber..

Stock :: Stock (n.) A frame of timber, with holes in which the feet, or the feet and hands, of criminals were formerly confined by way of punishment..

Complain :: Complain (v. i.) To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure, regret. etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; -- commonly used with of. Also, to creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel..

Carpentry :: Carpentry (n.) An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter..

Stulm :: Stull (n.) A framework of timber covered with boards to support rubbish; also, a framework of boards to protect miners from falling stones..

Resaw :: Resaw (v. t.) To saw again; specifically, to saw a balk, or a timber, which has already been squared, into dimension lumber, as joists, boards, etc..

Sizable :: Sizable (a.) Being of reasonable or suitable size; as, sizable timber; sizable bulk..

Lattice :: Lattice (v. i.) To make a lattice of; as, to lattice timbers..

Rail :: Rail (n.) A bar of timber or metal, usually horizontal or nearly so, extending from one post or support to another, as in fences, balustrades, staircases, etc..

Sylviculturist :: Sylviculture (n.) The cultivation of forest trees for timber or other purposes; forestry; arboriculture.

Hearty :: Hearty (superl.) Exhibiting strength; sound; healthy; firm; not weak; as, a hearty timber..

Stem :: Stem (n.) A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end. Hence, the forward part of a vessel; the bow..

Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) A piece of timber used in building.

Sill :: Sill (n.) A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.

Cat :: Cat (n.) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade..

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