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"Timber" in German?

Pronunciation : Tim"ber
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Probably the same word as timber sort of wood; cf. Sw. timber, LG. timmer, MHG. zimber, G. zimmer, F. timbre, LL. timbrium. Cf. Timmer.] (Com.)
Definition : Defn: 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. [Written also timbre.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tim"ber
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. timbre. See Timbre.] (Her.)
Definition : Defn: The crest on a coat of arms. [Written also timbre.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tim"ber
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To surmount as a timber does. [Obs.]

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tim"ber
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. timbor, timber, wood, building; akin to OFries. timber, D. timmer a room, G. zimmer, OHG. zimbar timber, a dwelling, room, Icel. timbr timber, Sw. timmer, Dan. t?mmer, Goth. timrjan to build, timrja a builder, L. domus a house, Gr. dama a house. *62.
Definition : 1. 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. And ta'en my fiddle to the gate, . . . And fiddled in the timber! Tennyson.

2. The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.

3. Fig.: Material for any structure. Such dispositions are the very errors of human nature; and yet they are the fittest timber to make politics of. Bacon.

4. 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. So they prepared timber . . . to build the house. 1 Kings v. 18. Many of the timbers were decayed. W. Coxe.

5. Woods or forest; wooden land. [Western U.S.]

6. (Shipbuilding)

Defn: 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. Timber and room. (Shipbuilding) Same as Room and space. See under Room. -- Timber beetle (Zo?l.), any one of numerous species of beetles the larv? of which bore in timber; as, the silky timber beetle (Lymexylon sericeum). -- Timber doodle (Zo?l.), the American woodcock. [Local, U.S.] -- Timber grouse (Zo?l.), any species of grouse that inhabits woods, as the ruffed grouse and spruce partridge; -- distinguished from prairie grouse. -- Timber hitch (Naut.), a kind of hitch used for temporarily marking fast a rope to a spar. See Illust. under Hitch. -- Timber mare, a kind of instrument upon which soldiers were formerly compelled to ride for punishment. Johnson. -- Timber scribe, a metal tool or pointed instrument for marking timber. Simmonds. -- Timber sow. (Zo?l.) Same as Timber worm, below. Bacon. -- Timber tree, a tree suitable for timber. -- Timber worm (Zo?l.), any larval insect which burrows in timber. -- Timber yard, a yard or place where timber is deposited.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tim"ber
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle. His bark is stoutly timbered. Shak.

t. [imp. & p. p. Timbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Timbering.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tim"ber
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To light on a tree. [Obs.]

2. (Falconry)

Defn: To make a nest.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913