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Shoot :: Shoot (n.) An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course..

Platform :: Platform (n.) Any flat or horizontal surface; especially, one that is raised above some particular level, as a framework of timber or boards horizontally joined so as to form a roof, or a raised floor, or portion of a floor; a landing; a dais; a stage, for speakers, performers, or workmen; a standing place..

Timberwork :: Timberwork (n.) Work made of timbers.

Sny :: Sny (n.) An upward bend in a piece of timber; the sheer of a vessel.

Culls :: Culls (v. t.) Refuse timber, from which the best part has been culled out..

Beam :: Beam (n.) Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use..

Truss :: Truss (n.) An assemblage of members of wood or metal, supported at two points, and arranged to transmit pressure vertically to those points, with the least possible strain across the length of any member. Architectural trusses when left visible, as in open timber roofs, often contain members not needed for construction, or are built with greater massiveness than is requisite, or are composed in unscientific ways in accordance with the exigencies of style..

Bore :: Bore (v. i.) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns; as, this timber does not bore well, or is hard to bore..

Gate :: Gate (n.) A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable structure of timber, metal, etc., by which the passage can be closed..

Timbering :: Timbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Timbe.

Short :: Short (superl.) Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight..

Grafting :: Grafting (n.) A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another.

Straight :: Straight (superl.) Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece of timber..

Check :: Check (v. t.) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber..

Bevel :: Bevel (n.) Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inclination of such surface; as, to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab; the bevel of a piece of timber..

Casuarina :: Casuarina (n.) A genus of leafless trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them are large, producing hard and heavy timber of excellent quality, called beefwood from its color..

Cheek :: Cheek (n.) Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber, or stone work, which form corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pair; as, the cheeks (jaws) of a vise; the cheeks of a gun carriage, etc..

Acajou :: Acajou (n.) The mahogany tree; also, its timber..

Cherry :: Cherry (n.) The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc..

Sylviculturist :: Sylviculture (n.) The cultivation of forest trees for timber or other purposes; forestry; arboriculture.

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