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Definition of forest

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Forest (n.) A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own..

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Frith :: Frith (a.) A forest; a woody place.

Lumberer :: Lumberer (n.) One employed in lumbering, cutting, and getting logs from the forest for lumber; a lumberman..

Forestaff :: Forestaff (n.) An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; -- called also cross-staff..

Forestal :: Forestal (a.) Of or pertaining to forests; as, forestal rights..

Engrosser :: Engrosser (n.) One who takes the whole; a person who purchases such quantities of articles in a market as to raise the price; a forestaller.

Agistment :: Agistment (n.) Formerly, the taking and feeding of other men's cattle in the king's forests..

Foster :: Foster (n.) A forester.

Woodman :: Woodman (n.) One who dwells in the woods or forest; a bushman.

Chestnut :: Chestnut (n.) The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesca) of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur.

Forester :: Forester (n.) One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.

Silva :: Silva (n.) A description or history of the forest trees of a country.

Gloom :: Gloom (n.) Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight..

Mast :: Mast (n.) The fruit of the oak and beech, or other forest trees; nuts; acorns..

Deforest :: Deforest (v. t.) To clear of forests; to disforest.

Pecan :: Pecan (n.) A species of hickory (Carya olivaeformis), growing in North America, chiefly in the Mississippi valley and in Texas, where it is one of the largest of forest trees; also, its fruit, a smooth, oblong nut, an inch or an inch and a half long, with a thin shell and well-flavored meat..

Wildgrave :: Wildgrave (n.) A waldgrave, or head forest keeper. See Waldgrave..

Gammoning :: Gammoning (n.) The lashing or iron band by which the bowsprit of a vessel is secured to the stem to opposite the lifting action of the forestays.

Silva :: Silva (n.) The forest trees of a region or country, considered collectively..

Forestick :: Forestick (n.) Front stick of a hearth fire.

Forestall :: Forestall (v. t.) To deprive; -- with of.