Category:Timber

Tim"ber, n. Etym: [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.)

Defn: 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.]

Timber Tim"ber, n. Etym: [f. timbre. See timbre.] (her.)

Defn: the crest on a coat of arms. [written also timbre.]

Timber Tim"ber, v. t.

Defn: to surmount as a timber does. [obs.]

Timber Tim"ber, n. Etym: [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. tömmer, goth. Timrjan to build, timrja a builder, l. domus a house, gr. dama a House. *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)

Defn: 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 (zoöl.), any one of numerous species of beetles the Larvæ of which bore in timber; as, the silky timber beetle (lymexylon Sericeum). -- timber doodle (zoöl.), the american woodcock. [local, u.s.] -- Timber grouse (zoöl.), 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. (zoöl.) Same as timber worm, below. Bacon. -- timber tree, a tree suitable for timber. -- timber worm (zoöl.), any larval insect which burrows in timber. -- timber yard, a yard or place where timber is deposited.

Timber Tim"ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Timbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Timbering.]

Defn: to furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle. His bark is stoutly timbered. Shak.

Timber Tim"ber, v. i.

1. To light on a tree. [obs.]

2. (falconry)

Defn: to make a nest.