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(1):

(n.) 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.

(2):

(n.) 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.

(3):

(n.) 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.

(4):

(v. t.) To surmount as a timber does.

(5):

(n.) The crest on a coat of arms.

(6):

(v. i.) To make a nest.

(7):

(v. i.) To light on a tree.

(8):

(v. t.) To furnish with timber; - chiefly used in the past participle.

(9):

(n.) Fig.: Material for any structure.

(10):

(n.) The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.

(11):

(n.) 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.

(12):

(n.) Woods or forest; wooden land.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Timber'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/timber.html. 1828.
 
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