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Timber

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.

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Beam 76% connected

Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

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Earth 76% connected

The globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world as the dwelling place of mortals, in d…

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Ground 76% connected

of Grind

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Land 76% connected

Urine. See Lant.

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Post 76% connected

Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.

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Board 76% connected

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

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Color 76% connected

A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…

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Coloration 76% connected

The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored.

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Colour 76% connected

See Color.

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Coulisse 76% connected

A piece of timber having a groove in which something glides.

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Greenwood 76% connected

A forest as it appears is spring and summer.

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Harmonic 76% connected

Alt. of Harmonical

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Nasality 76% connected

The quality or state of being nasal.

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Plangency 76% connected

The quality or state of being plangent; a beating sound.

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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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Register 76% connected

A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule.

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Resonance 76% connected

The act of resounding; the quality or state of being resonant.

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Ringing 76% connected

of Ring

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Shrillness 76% connected

The quality or state of being shrill.

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Silva 76% connected

The forest trees of a region or country, considered collectively.

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Sonority 76% connected

The quality or state of being sonorous; sonorousness.

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Sternpost 76% connected

A straight piece of timber, or an iron bar or beam, erected on the extremity of the keel to support the rudder, and receive the ends of the planks or…

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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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Stringer 76% connected

One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.

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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,…

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Sylva 76% connected

Same as Silva.

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Vibrancy 76% connected

The state of being vibrant; resonance.

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Substance part 1

Wood 70% connected

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

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Synonym 6

Forest 92% connected

An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland which has never be…

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Lumber 92% connected

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

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Quality 92% connected

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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Timbre 92% connected

See 1st Timber.

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Tone 92% connected

Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone.

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Woodland 92% connected

Land covered with wood or trees; forest; land on which trees are suffered to grow, either for fuel or timber.

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