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Definition of timber
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Timber
(v. i.) To make a nest.
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Cribbing
::
Cribbing
(n.) A
framework
of
timbers
and plank
backing
for a shaft
lining,
to
prevent
caving,
percolation
of
water,
etc..
Summer
::
Summer
(n.) A large stone or beam
placed
horizontally
on
columns,
piers,
posts,
or the like,
serving
for
various
uses.
Specifically:
(a) The
lintel
of a door or
window.
(b) The
commencement
of a cross
vault.
(c) A
central
floor
timber,
as a
girder,
or a piece
reaching
from a wall to a
girder.
Called
also
summertree..
Timbered
::
Timbered
(a.)
Built;
formed;
contrived.
Collar
::
Collar
(n.) A curb, or a
horizontal
timbering,
around
the mouth of a
shaft..
Fish
::
Fish (v. t.) To
strengthen
(a beam, mast,
etc.),
or unite end to end (two
timbers,
railroad
rails,
etc.) by
bolting
a
plank,
timber,
or plate to the beam, mast, or
timbers,
lengthwise
on one or both
sides.
See Fish
joint,
under Fish, n..
Blockhouse
::
Blockhouse
(n.) An
edifice
or
structure
of heavy
timbers
or logs for
military
defense,
having
its sides
loopholed
for
musketry,
and often an upper story
projecting
over the
lower,
or so
placed
upon it as to have its sides make an angle wit the sides of the lower
story,
thus
enabling
the
defenders
to fire
downward,
and in all
directions;
--
formerly
much used in
America
and
Germany..
Stanchion
::
Stanchion
(n.) A prop or
support;
a piece of
timber
in the form of a stake or post, used for a
support
or
stay..
Cheek
::
Cheek (n.) Those
pieces
of a
machine,
or of any
timber,
or stone work, which form
corresponding
sides,
or which are
similar
and in pair; as, the
cheeks
(jaws)
of a vise; the
cheeks
of a gun
carriage,
etc..
Spragged
::
Sprag (n.) A
billet
of wood; a piece of
timber
used as a prop.
Bird''s-mouth
::
Bird's-mouth
(n.) An
interior
angle or notch cut
across
a piece of
timber,
for the
reception
of the edge of
another,
as that in a
rafter
to be laid on a
plate;
--
commonly
called
crow's-foot
in the
United
States..
Threshold
::
Threshold
(n.) The
plank,
stone,
or piece of
timber,
which lies under a door,
especially
of a
dwelling
house,
church,
temple,
or the like; the
doorsill;
hence,
entrance;
gate;
door..
Cant
::
Cant (v. t.) To give a
sudden
turn or new
direction
to; as, to cant round a stick of
timber;
to cant a
football..
Strap
::
Strap (n.) A band,
plate,
or loop of metal for
clasping
and
holding
timbers
or parts of a
machine..
Timbered
::
Timbered
(a.)
Covered
with
growth
timber;
wooden;
as,
well-timbered
land..
Spandogs
::
Spandogs
(n. pl.) A pair of
grappling
dogs for
hoisting
logs and
timber.
Worm-eaten
::
Worm-eaten
(a.)
Eaten,
or eaten into, by a worm or by
worms;
as,
worm-eaten
timber..
Batten
::
Batten
(n .) A strip of sawed
stuff,
or a
scantling;
as, (a) pl. (Com. &
Arch.)
Sawed
timbers
about 7 by 2 1/2
inches
and not less than 6 feet long.
Brande
& C. (b)
(Naut.)
A strip of wood used in
fastening
the edges of a
tarpaulin
to the deck, also
around
masts to
prevent
chafing.
(c) A long, thin strip used to
strengthen
a part, to cover a
crack,
etc..
Waterway
::
Waterway
(n.) Heavy plank or
timber
extending
fore and aft the whole
length
of a
vessel's
deck at the line of
junction
with the
sides,
forming
a
channel
to the
scuppers,
which are cut
through
it. In iron
vessels
the
waterway
is
variously
constructed..
Sissoo
::
Sissoo
(n.) A
leguminous
tree
(Dalbergia
Sissoo)
of the
northern
parts of
India;
also, the dark brown
compact
and
durable
timber
obtained
from it. It is used in
shipbuilding
and for gun
carriages,
railway
ties, etc..
Hackmatack
::
Hackmatack
(n.) The
American
larch
(Larix
Americana),
a
coniferous
tree with
slender
deciduous
leaves;
also, its
heavy,
close-grained
timber.
Called
also
tamarack..
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