Sawed+or+split+timber

  • 1lumber — I. n. 1. Trash, trumpery, rubbish, refuse. 2. [U. S.] Sawed or split timber. II. v. a. 1. Heap in disorder. 2. Fill with trumpery, choke, crowd, obstruct, encumber. III. v. n …

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  • 2hand tool — any tool or implement designed for manual operation. * * * Introduction  any of the implements used by craftsmen in manual operations, such as chopping, chiseling, sawing, filing, or forging. Complementary tools, often needed as auxiliaries to… …

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  • 3lumber — lumber1 lumberer, n. lumberless, adj. /lum beuhr/, n. 1. timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc. 2. miscellaneous useless articles that are stored away. v.i. 3. to cut timber and prepare it for market. 4. to become useless or to be stored …

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  • 4dimensional lumber — Lumber Lum ber, n. [Prob. fr. Lombard, the Lombards being the money lenders and pawnbrokers of the Middle Ages. A lumber room was, according to Trench, originally a Lombard room, or room where the Lombard pawnbroker stored his pledges. See… …

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  • 5Lumber — Lum ber, n. [Prob. fr. Lombard, the Lombards being the money lenders and pawnbrokers of the Middle Ages. A lumber room was, according to Trench, originally a Lombard room, or room where the Lombard pawnbroker stored his pledges. See {Lombard}.] 1 …

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  • 6Lumber kiln — Lumber Lum ber, n. [Prob. fr. Lombard, the Lombards being the money lenders and pawnbrokers of the Middle Ages. A lumber room was, according to Trench, originally a Lombard room, or room where the Lombard pawnbroker stored his pledges. See… …

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  • 7Lumber room — Lumber Lum ber, n. [Prob. fr. Lombard, the Lombards being the money lenders and pawnbrokers of the Middle Ages. A lumber room was, according to Trench, originally a Lombard room, or room where the Lombard pawnbroker stored his pledges. See… …

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  • 8Lumber wagon — Lumber Lum ber, n. [Prob. fr. Lombard, the Lombards being the money lenders and pawnbrokers of the Middle Ages. A lumber room was, according to Trench, originally a Lombard room, or room where the Lombard pawnbroker stored his pledges. See… …

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  • 9lumber — I lum•ber [[t]ˈlʌm bər[/t]] n. 1) bui timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc 2) miscellaneous useless articles that are stored away 3) bui to cut timber and prepare it for market 4) to convert (a specified amount, area, etc.) into lumber… …

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  • 10India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …

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