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Lumber

A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn.

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Broader term 4

Bat 76% connected

A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Drop 76% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fell 76% connected

of Fall

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Walk 76% connected

To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 5

Board 76% connected

A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Plank 76% connected

A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board.

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Planking 76% connected

of Plank

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Stock 76% connected

The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.

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Strip 76% connected

To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Component part 3

Grip 70% connected

The griffin.

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Handle 70% connected

To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.

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Hold 70% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Substance part 1

Wood 70% connected

Mad; insane; possessed; rabid; furious; frantic.

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Synonym 3

Log 92% connected

A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pound 92% connected

To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Timber 92% connected

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…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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