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.
The crest on a coat of arms.
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.
The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.
Fig.: Material for any structure.
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.
Woods or forest; wooden land.
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.
To surmount as a timber does.
To furnish with timber; - chiefly used in the past participle.
To light on a tree.
To make a nest.
A pawnbroker’s shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn.
Old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky and useless, or of small value.
Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is smaller than heavy timber.
To heap together in disorder.
To fill or encumber with lumber; as, to lumber up a room.
To move heavily, as if burdened.
To make a sound as if moving heavily or clumsily; to rumble.
To cut logs in the forest, or prepare timber for market.
