lumber troop

Related Words

• Troop

  ·noun A company of stageplayers; a troupe. II. Troop ·add. ·noun ·see Boy scout, above. III. Troop...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• troop

  A company of cavalry, commanded by a captain, generally from forty to sixty strong. Also, an assembl...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Lumber

  (·b.t.) To heap together in disorder. II. Lumber ·vi To move heavily, as if burdened. III. Lumber ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• lumber

  Live lumber; soldiers or passengers on board a ship are so called by the sailors. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• lumber

  Timber sawed or split for use; as beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, and the like.--Webst...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• lumber

  harm, mischief. Lane. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• lumber

  Logs as they arrive at the mills. Also, timber of any size, sawed or split for use. Also, things sto...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• troop-boats

  Are built with great flatness of floor, with extreme breadth, carried well forward and aft, and poss...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• troop-ships

  A class of vessel of excellent account, during war, in the hands of government; far preferable to hi...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Troop, Band

  These words are employed to represent the Hebrew word gedud, which has invariably the sense of an ir...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Lumber State

  ·add. ·- Maine; — a nickname. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• live lumber

  A term used by sailors, to signify all landsmen on board their ships. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• lumber house

  A house appropriated by thieves for the reception of their stolen property. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• lumber-waggon

  A waggon with a plain box upon it, used by farmers for carrying their produce to market. It is somet...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• live-lumber

  Passengers, ladies, landsmen, cattle, sheep, pigs, and poultry. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book