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Look up: timber

  1. timber
    [n] - a post made of wood 2. [n] - a beam made of wood
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. timber
    Wood, or made from wood
    Found on http://www.conservancy.co.uk/learn/wordl

  3. TIMBER
    in ship building,one of the curved wooden members,i.e.ribs,to which the strakes are fastened Category: Various industries and crafts • forest crops and stands containing timber(hence the term standing timber)and also for any lesser aggregation of such trees Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Timber
    Tim'ber noun [ Probably the same word as timber sort of wood; confer Swedish timber , LG. timmer , Middle High German zimber , German zimmer , French timbre , Late Latin timbrium . Confer Timmer...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/58

  5. Timber
    Tim'ber noun [ French timbre . See Timbre .] (Her.) The crest on a coat of arms. [ Written also timbre .]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/58

  6. Timber
    Tim'ber transitive verb To surmount as a timber does. [ Obsolete]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/58

  7. Timber
    Tim'ber noun [ Anglo-Saxon timbor , timber , wood, building; akin to OFries. timber , Dutch timmer a room, German zimmer , Old High German zimbar timber, a dwelling, room, Icelandic timbr timber, Swedis...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/58

  8. Timber
    Tim'ber transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Timbered ; present participle & verbal noun Timbering .] To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle. « His ba...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/58

  9. Timber
    Tim'ber intransitive verb 1. To light on a tree. [ Obsolete] 2. (Falconry) To make a nest.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/58

  10. timber
    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. 'And ta'en my fiddle to the gate, . . . And fiddled in the timber!' (Tennyson) ... 2. The body, ste...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  11. timber
    noun a beam made of wood
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. timber
    the wood from trees that is used for building
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  13. Timber
    • (n.) Fig.: Material for any structure. • (v. t.) To surmount as a timber does. • (v. i.) To make a nest. • (n.) The body, stem, or trunk of a tree. • (n.) A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases fort...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  14. Timber
    In heraldry, the timber or timbre is the crest on a coat of arms.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  15. Timber
    A collective term for underground wooden supports.
    Found on http://www.coaleducation.org/glossary.ht

  16. Timber
    A cry of warning that an arrow has been, or is about to be, released. (Similar to 'Fore!' in golf.)
    Found on http://www.hickoksports.com/glossary.sht

  17. timber
    A general term for natural or sawn wood in a form suitable for building or structural purposes
    Found on http://oak.arch.utas.edu.au/glossary/vie

  18. timber
    a traditional unit of quantity for furs equal to 2 score or 40. This unit, which persisted at least into the nineteenth century, originated because furs were shipped in bundles of 40 pressed between two boards or timbers.
    Found on http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictT.

  19. timber
    timber: see lumber; wood.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A09196

  20. Timber
    Timber is slang for a wooden leg.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  21. Timber
    Timber is slang for a wooden leg.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  22. Timber
    Timber is a general term for wood prepared for building or making furniture etc, or trees which provide wood of a suitable size for building with, or making furniture etc.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  23. timber
    Click images to enlargeWood used in construction, furniture, and paper pulp. Hardwoods include tropical mahogany, teak, ebony, rosewood, temperate oak, elm, beech, and eucalyptus. All except eucalyptus are slow-growing, and world supplies are almost exhausted. Softwoods comprise the conifers (pine, fir, spruce, and la...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  24. Timber
    (film) `Timber` is a 1941 animated short film, featuring Donald Duck and Peg-Leg Pete. Plot: Donald enters as a hobo, walking through the woods, when he spies some food sitting in the window of a cabin. He decides to help himself to some, not knowing that Peg-Leg Pete is trying to enjo...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timber

  25. Timber
    (arcade game) `Timber` is an arcade game that was manufactured by Midway Games in 1984. The object of the game is to amass points by chopping down trees or by balancing atop a floating, rotating log.<ref name="KLOV">--> The player assumes the role of a lumberjack in the game. He ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timber



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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