Phil. Substance. …

(a) A seller of timber; (b) one who cures or trims wood; (c) as surname. …

In cpds.: raf man, a seller of timber; raf ware, timber products; raf ward, ?a keeper of lumber. …

A specific quantity of furs, usu. a bundle of forty skins. …

(a) To construct a structure; also fig.; of a bird: build a nest; ben timbering of (to), be engaged in the building of (a structure); (b) to build (a structure); also in fig. context; also, fashion……

(a) A rod, or pair of rods, in a loom to keep cloth stretched during weaving, temple; (b) coll. & pl. timbers of some kind used in building: ?horizontal stringers or stretchers; ?boards or rods used……

Naut. One of two small pieces of timber, perforated to receive the tack of a sail [see quot. 1625 below and quot. 1769 in OD under chesstree]. …

Naut. A crossbeam in the frame of a ship. …

(a) The act of building a structure; also, an edifice; also fig.; (b) building material; (c) fig. the act or process of building intellectually and spiritually [2nd quot.]; also, an intellectual or a……

(a) To make (sth.) square in shape; cut (a trencher) to a square shape; mark (sth.) out as a square; ppl. squared, made square in outline; square in shape; of a cart: having a square floor; squared……

(a) Having a square surface or covering a square area; in the shape of a square; of a formation of troops: square in outline; of a cloister: four-sided, rectangular; also, of walls: enclosing a square……