n. | 1. | (Com.) 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. |
| 1. | (Her.) The crest on a coat of arms. |
v. t. | 1. | To surmount as a timber does. |
n. | 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. |
| 2. | The body, stem, or trunk of a tree. |
| 3. | Fig.: Material for any structure. |
| 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. |
| 5. | Woods or forest; wooden land. |
| 6. | (Shipbuilding) 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. |
v. t. | 1. | To furnish with timber; - chiefly used in the past participle. |
v. i. | 1. | To light on a tree. |
| 2. | (Falconry) To make a nest. |
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