to strip birch bark

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• bark — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 on a tree ADJECTIVE ▪ rough ▪ tree ▪ birch, pine, willow, etc. VERB + BARK …   Collocations dictionary

• bark — bark1 noun the sharp explosive cry of a dog, fox, or seal. verb 1》 (of a dog, fox, or seal) give a bark. 2》 utter (a command or question) abruptly or aggressively.     ↘US call out in order to sell or advertise something. Phrases one s bark is… …   English new terms dictionary

• bark — 1. n. & v. n. 1 the sharp explosive cry of a dog, fox, etc. 2 a sound resembling this cry. v. 1 intr. (of a dog, fox, etc.) give a bark. 2 tr. & intr. speak or utter sharply or brusquely. 3 intr. cough fiercely. 4 tr. US sell or advertise… …   Useful english dictionary

• Sod roof — A sod roof or turf roof is a traditional Scandinavian type of roof covered with sod on top of several layers of birch bark on gently sloping wooden roof boards. Until the late 19th century it was the most common roof on rural log houses in large… …   Wikipedia

• tree — treelike, adj. /tree/, n., v., treed, treeing. n. 1. a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground. 2. any of various shrubs,… …   Universalium

• Tree — /tree/, n. Sir Herbert Beerbohm /bear bohm/, (Herbert Beerbohm), 1853 1917, English actor and theater manager; brother of Max Beerbohm. * * * I Woody perennial plant. Most trees have a single self supporting trunk containing woody tissues, and in …   Universalium

• arctic — arctically, adv. /ahrk tik/ or, esp. for 7, /ahr tik/, adj. 1. (often cap.) of, pertaining to, or located at or near the North Pole: the arctic region. 2. coming from the North Pole or the arctic region: an arctic wind. 3. characteristic of the… …   Universalium

• Traditional dyes of the Scottish Highlands — are the native vegetable dyes used in Scottish Gaeldom.The following are the principal dyestuffs with the colours they produce. Several of the tints are very bright, but have now been superseded by various mineral dyes. The Latin names are given… …   Wikipedia

• Northeast Indian — ▪ people Introduction  member of any of the Native American peoples living at the time of European contact in the area roughly bounded in the north by the transition from predominantly deciduous forest to the taiga, in the east by the Atlantic… …   Universalium

• boreal forest — ▪ northern forest Introduction also called  taiga        vegetation composed primarily of cone bearing, needle leaved, or scale leaved evergreen trees, found in regions that have long winters and moderate to high annual precipitation.       The… …   Universalium

• Sakha — or Yakut Siberian people who speak a Turkic language. Most were formerly seminomadic, raising cattle and horses. They lived in winter settlements of earth covered log huts and summer camps of conical birch bark tents near pasturage and sources of …   Universalium