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Compass timber

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jack timbernoun(architecture) Any timber, such as a rafter, rib, or studding, which, being intercepted, is shorter than the others.
timberingnounAny structure, partial structure, or other item made from timber.
timbernoun(uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
standardnounA level of quality or attainment.
touchnounAn act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
timmernoun(Scotland) timber
timberyardnounAlternative spelling of timber yard. [a place where wood is stored, and cut to size]
spurnoun(figurative) Anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does a horse.
throatnounThe front part of the neck.
carlingnoun(nautical) A piece of squared timber fitted fore-and-aft between the deck beams of a wooden ship to provide support for the deck planking.
timberlingnoun(UK, archaic) A small tree.
half-timberingnoun(architecture) A method of construction using heavy timber beams, usually joined by tenon and mortice joints pegged together. The spaces between the posts and beams is infilled with material such as wattle and daub, bricks or stones.
cobworknounconstruction work made of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, and in marine work often surrounding a central space filled with stones
stringnoun(countable, uncountable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
sawtimbernounWood cut from trees that is suitable for processing as sawlogs.
cantnoun(countable) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
scantlingsnoun(nautical) The dimensions of the timbers of a ship
rasingnounIn shipbuilding, the act of marking figures upon timber.
carpentrynoun(uncountable) The trade of manipulating materials in order to construct buildings or other structures.
hardwoodnoun(countable) (in more general use) As the preceding, but limited to those that are commercial timbers, and are at least average in hardness.

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