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Templet :: Templet (n.) A short piece of timber, iron, or stone, placed in a wall under a girder or other beam, to distribute the weight or pressure..

Chelura :: Chelura (n.) A genus of marine amphipod crustacea, which bore into and sometimes destroy timber..

Scarf :: Scarf (v. t.) To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, metal rods, etc..

Coak :: Coak (v. t.) To unite, as timbers, by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or faces..

Tiller :: Tiller (n.) A young timber tree.

Beam :: Beam (n.) One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or ship.

Wale :: Wale (n.) A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.

Timbered :: Timbered (imp. & p. p.) of Timbe.

Timber :: Timber (n.) Woods or forest; wooden land.

Shelf :: Shelf (v. i.) A piece of timber running the whole length of a vessel inside the timberheads.

Gripe :: Gripe (n.) The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.

Carpentry :: Carpentry (n.) The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, as in the construction of buildings..

Timber :: Timber (v. t.) To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle.

Stringpiece :: Stringpiece (n.) A long piece of timber, forming a margin or edge of any piece of construction; esp.:.

Shaky :: Shaky (superl.) Full of shakes or cracks; cracked; as, shaky timber..

Ribband :: Ribband (n.) A long, narrow strip of timber bent and bolted longitudinally to the ribs of a vessel, to hold them in position, and give rigidity to the framework..

Wharf :: Wharf (v. t.) To guard or secure by a firm wall of timber or stone constructed like a wharf; to furnish with a wharf or wharfs.

Pad :: Pad (n.) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.

Wringbolt :: Wringbolt (n.) A bolt used by shipwrights, to bend and secure the planks against the timbers till they are fastened by bolts, spikes, or treenails; -- not to be confounded with ringbolt..

Spalt :: Spalt (a.) Liable to break or split; brittle; as, spalt timber..

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