timber

1. n. 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. Source: opted

2. n. The crest on a coat of arms. Source: opted

3. v. t. To surmount as a timber does. Source: opted

4. n. 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. Source: opted

5. n. The body, stem, or trunk of a tree. Source: opted

6. n. Fig.: Material for any structure. Source: opted

7. n. 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. Source: opted

8. n. Woods or forest; wooden land. Source: opted

9. n. 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. Source: opted

10. v. t. To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle. Source: opted

11. v. i. To light on a tree. Source: opted

12. v. i. To make a nest. Source: opted

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