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• timber — timberless, adj. timbery, adj. /tim beuhr/, n. 1. the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses. 2. growing trees themselves. 3. wooded land. 4. wood, esp. when suitable or adapted for various building purposes. 5. a single piece of wood …   Universalium

• timber — tim•ber [[t]ˈtɪm bər[/t]] n. 1) the wood of growing trees suitable for construction purposes 2) growing trees themselves 3) wooded land 4) wood, esp. when adapted for various building purposes 5) a single piece of wood forming part of a structure …   From formal English to slang

• Timber framing — (German: Fachwerk literally framework ), or half timbering, and in North America Post and Beam construction is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden… …   Wikipedia

• timber — noun 1 trees grown for building VERB + TIMBER ▪ cut, fell, harvest ▪ sell TIMBER + NOUN ▪ company, industry, product …   Collocations dictionary

• fell — fell1 /fel/, v. pt. of fall. fell2 /fel/, v.t. 1. to knock, strike, shoot, or cut down; cause to fall: to fell a moose; to fell a tree. 2. Sewing. to finish (a seam) by sewing the edge down flat. n. 3. Lumbering. the amount of timber cut down in… …   Universalium

• fell — 1. past of FALL v. 2. v. & n. v.tr. 1 cut down (esp. a tree). 2 strike or knock down (a person or animal). 3 stitch down (the edge of a seam) to lie flat. n. an amount of timber cut. Derivatives: feller n. Etymology: OE fellan f. Gmc, rel. to… …   Useful english dictionary

• fell — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Fell is used before these nouns: ↑runner, ↑running {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb Fell is used with these nouns as the object: ↑timber, ↑tree …   Collocations dictionary

• fell —  1) a hill or mountain ; also sharp, clever, hot. N.  2) a man, to knock him down. I ll FELL thee if, &c. a metaphor from FELLING timber …   A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

• British timber trade — The British timber trade was importation of timber from the Baltic, and later North America, by the British. During the Middle Ages and Stuart period, Great Britain had large domestic supplies of timber, especially valuable were the famous… …   Wikipedia

• Jesse W. Fell — Personal details Born November 10, 1808(1808 11 10) Chester County, Pennsylvania, U.S. Died January 5, 1887(1887 …   Wikipedia

• little strokes fell great oaks — Cf. ERASMUS Adages I. viii. multis ictibus deiicitur quercus, the oak is felled by many blows. c 1400 Romaunt of Rose l. 3688 For no man at the firste strok Ne may nat felle down an ok. 1539 R. TAVERNER tr. Erasmus’ Adages 26v Wyth many strokes… …   Proverbs new dictionary