Timber

·vi To make a nest.

II. Timber ·vi To light on a tree.

III. Timber ·noun The crest on a coat of arms.

IV. Timber ·noun Woods or forest; wooden land.

V. Timber ·vt To surmount as a timber does.

VI. Timber ·noun Fig.: Material for any structure.

VII. Timber ·noun The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.

VIII. Timber ·vt To furnish with timber;

— chiefly used in the past participle.

IX. Timber ·noun 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.

X. Timber ·noun 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.

XI. Timber ·noun 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.

XII. Timber ·noun 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.