timbers
plural of timber
timbers
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of timber
• betrims, timbres
Source: Wiktionary
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.)
Definition: 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.]
Tim"ber, n. Etym: [F. timbre. See Timbre.] (Her.)
Definition: The crest on a coat of arms. [Written also timbre.]
Tim"ber, v. t.
Definition: To surmount as a timber does. [Obs.]
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)
Definition: 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.
Tim"ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Timbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Timbering.]
Definition: To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle. His bark is stoutly timbered. Shak.
Tim"ber, v. i.
1. To light on a tree. [Obs.]
2. (Falconry)
Definition: To make a nest.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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