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1. timber-man n.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A seller of timber; (b) one who cures or trims wood; (c) as surname. …

2. antimber n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Phil. Substance. …

3. timber n.(2)

9 quotations in 1 sense
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A specific quantity of furs, usu. a bundle of forty skins. …

4. raf n.(2)

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

5. temple n.(3)

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(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……

6. timbren v.(1)

32 quotations in 1 sense
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(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……

7. timbringe ger.

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(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……

8. transing-timbre n.

Additional spellings: transingtimbre
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Naut. A crossbeam in the frame of a ship. …

9. ches-treu n.

Additional spellings: chestreu
3 quotations in 1 sense
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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]. …

10. squāren v.

35 quotations in 3 senses
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(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……

11. squār(e adj.

Additional spellings: square
81 quotations in 3 senses
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(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……

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