Timber : (noun)
1: the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building
material [syn: lumber]
2: a beam made of wood
3: a post made of wood
4: land that is covered with trees and shrubs [syn: forest, woodland,
timberland]
5: (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice
or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was
rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell
summoned them to meet" [syn: timbre, quality, tone]
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Timber : \Tim"ber\, n. [Probably the same word as timber sort of
wood; cf. Sw. timber, LG. timmer, MHG. zimber, G. zimmer, F.
timbre, LL. timbrium. Cf. Timmer.] (Com.)
A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines,
sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases
forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also
timmer. [Written also timbre.]
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Timber : \Tim"ber\, n. [F. timbre. See Timbre.] (Her.)
The crest on a coat of arms. [Written also timbre.]
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Timber : \Tim"ber\, v. t.
To surmount as a timber does. [Obs.]
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Timber : \Tim"ber\, n. [AS. timbor, timber, wood, building; akin
to OFries. timber, D. timmer a room, G. zimmer, OHG. zimbar
timber, a dwelling, room, Icel. timbr timber, Sw. timmer,
Dan. t["o]mmer, Goth. timrjan to build, timrja a builder, L.
domus a house, Gr. ? house, ? to build, Skr. dama a house.
[root]62. Cf. Dome, Domestic.]
1. That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for
tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and
the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes
of those standing. Cf. Lumber, 3.
And ta'en my fiddle to the gate, . . . And fiddled
in the timber! --Tennyson.
2. The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.
3. Fig.: Material for any structure.
Such dispositions are the very errors of human
nature; and yet they are the fittest timber to make
politics of. --Bacon.
4. A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for
building, or already framed; collectively, the larger
pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a
house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the
covering or boarding.
So they prepared timber . . . to build the house.
--1 Kings v.
18.
Many of the timbers were decayed. --W. Coxe.
5. Woods or forest; wooden land. [Western U. S.]
6. (Shipbuilding) A rib, or a curving piece of wood,
branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a
vertical direction. One timber is composed of several
pieces united.
Timber and room. (Shipbuilding) Same as Room and space.
See under Room.
Timber beetle (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
beetles the larv[ae] of which bore in timber; as, the
silky timber beetle ({Lymexylon sericeum).
Timber doodle (Zo["o]l.), the American woodcock. [Local, U.
S.]
Timber grouse (Zo["o]l.), any species of grouse that
inhabits woods, as the ruffed grouse and spruce partridge;
-- distinguished from prairie grouse.
Timber hitch (Naut.), a kind of hitch used for temporarily
marking fast a rope to a spar. See Illust. under Hitch.
Timber mare, a kind of instrument upon which soldiers were
formerly compelled to ride for punishment. --Johnson.
Timber scribe, a metal tool or pointed instrument for
marking timber. --Simmonds.
Timber sow. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Timber worm, below.
--Bacon.
Timber tree, a tree suitable for timber.
Timber worm (Zo["o]l.), any larval insect which burrows in
timber.
Timber yard, a yard or place where timber is deposited.
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Timber : \Tim"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Timbered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Timbering.]
To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past
participle.
His bark is stoutly timbered. --Shak.
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Timber : \Tim"ber\, v. i.
1. To light on a tree. [Obs.]
2. (Falconry) To make a nest.
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Timber, OR
Zip code(s): 97144
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