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boat's side; the uppermost wale of a ship (not including the bulwarks); or that piece of timber which reaches on either side from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, being the uppermost bend, which finishes the upper works of the hull. [Written also gunnel.]

ericana), a coniferous tree with slender deciduous leaves; also, its heavy, close-grained timber. Called also tamarack.

To join, as two pieces of timber, by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.

An implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth. It is drawn over plowed land to level it and break the clods, to stir the soil and make it fine, or to cover seed when sown.

in the bow of a ship, through which a cable passes. -- Hawse piece, one of the foremost timbers of a ship, through which the hawse hole is cut. -- Hawse plug. Same as Hawse block (above). -- To come in at the hawse holes, to enter the naval service at the lowest grade. [Cant] -- To freshen the hawse, to veer out a…

In framing, the piece of timber fitted between two trimmers, and supported by them, and carrying the ends of the tailpieces.

Exhibiting strength; sound; healthy; firm; not weak; as, a hearty timber.

The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.

The wood or timber of the hemlock tree. Ground hemlock, or Dwarf hemlock. See under Ground.

readily undone; -- intended for a temporary fastening; as, a half hitch; a clove hitch; a timber hitch, etc.

An upward curve or very obtuse angle in the upper surface of any member, as of a timber laid horizontally; -- the opposite of camber.

A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.

pace taken out of one solid, to admit the insertion of part of another, as the end of one timber in the side of another.

sel of any kind; esp., the body of an old vessel laid by as unfit for service. "Some well-timbered hulk." Spenser.

Timbered land. See Hammock. [Southern U.S.]

estern United States, a kind of plastered house or hut, usually made by planting poles or timber in the ground, filling in between them with screen work or wickerwork, and daubing one or both sides with mud or adobe mortar; also, this method of construction.

aces admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction as, a joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a pipe.

A piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed; -- called, according to its position or use, binding joist, bridging joist, ceiling joist, trimming joist, etc. See Illust. of Double-framed floor, under Double, a.…

A block of timber cut to a length, either in the round or split. Knight.

lofty coniferous tree of New Zealand Agathis, or Dammara, australis), furnishing valuable timber and yielding one kind of dammar resin. [Written also kaudi, cowdie, and cowrie.]