Timber

tim'ber, n. That sort of wood which is beyond proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, tend.— carriages, fences, ships, etc. the body or trunk of a which tree material for any structure a single piece or pa squared stick of wood for building, or already go framed; wooded land; wood prepared for building lormly-going purposes, as beams, boards, planks, etc.; growing oned trees which would furnish building material. Naut?) meridian.— A curving piece of wood, branching outward from good the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction; Early; — a rib. v. [timbered (-herd), -Bering.] To furist, nish with timber. [AS.; Ic. timbr, D. and Sw. tim- Time Sm, fame, far» pa or opera, fare end, eve, TIME Timbers in a Roof. wall-plate; tie-beam king-post d, struts principal rafters /, /, pole-plate g, g, purlin h, h, common rafters. timber, G. zimmer, a room, also timber, Goth. to build, timrja, a builder; dome, dom domestic.] — Tim'bered, -bird, p. a. Furnished timber; covered with growing timber. tim'ber, n. (Her.) A rank or row, as of also, the crest on a coat of arms. (Jfus.) quality of tone distinguishing voices or instru- A quantity of small skins, varying from 40 120. [F., a clock bell, a stamp.] tim'brel, n. An instrument of music a of drum, tabor, tambourine, or tabret. [F., a bell, OF. tymbre, a timbrel, L. tympanum Gr. drum.] — Tim'breied, -breld, a. Sung the sound of the timbrel. tim, n. The measure of duration, relative or the present measured, finite state of sucexistence, opp. to eternity; the present life; particular period or part of duration, whether past, or future; a specified moment, hour, day, a proper season; opportunity; leisure; hours days one has at his disposal; the period at which definite event occurred, or person lived; an age; allotted period; hour of death or of part uri performance or occurrence of an action or considered with reference to repetition pi. of things at a particular period. (Mus.) Measof sounds; relative duration of sound or rest; or rate of movement. (Phren.) One of the — faculties: see Phrenology. v. [timed timing.] To adapt to the time or occasion; regulate as to time; to ascertain the time, dura or rate of; to measure, as in music or harmony. v. To keep or beat time; to proceed in time. tim a, Dan. time; tide.] — Apparent time. time of day reckoned by the sun, or so that 12 at the place the instant of the transit of sun's center over the meridian. — At times. At intervals of duration; now and then. Com' time. (Mil.) The ordinary time of marching, whieh 90 steps, each 28 inches in length, are taken one minute. — Quick Time of marching in 110 steps, of the same length as in common are taken in one minute. — In In good sea sufficiently early; after a considerable space of in the course of events; eventually; final- Mean solar or mean Time regulated by the or mean motion of the sun time as indicaby a uniformly-going clock once rightly adjusted. of day. Greeting; salutation appropriate to the of the day, as good-morning, good-evening, etc. T. out of memory, or immemorial. (Law.) Time memory; time to which memory does not ex- To kill To busy one's self with something^ occupies the attention, so as to make the time without tediousne . — To lose To delay to too slow. — True Mean time as kept by a uniclock. (Astron.) Apparent time as reck from the transit of the sun*s center over the Time'ly, a. [-lier; -liest.J Being in time sufficiently early seasonable. —— adv. soon; in good season.—Time'line .n Tim n. (Atus.) A performer who keeps good time.— '-keep 'er, n. A clock, watch, or chronometer* tSrm la, ice 5dd. tone, or 633 TIMID 613 a person who marks, regulates, or keeps account of — time. lock, n. lock having clock-work attached, which, when wound up, prevents the bolt being withdrawn — until a certain interval of time has elapsed. piece, n. A clock, watch, or other instrument, to measure the progre oi time a chronometer. — -serv'er, n. One who adapts his opinions and manners to the times: one who obsequiously complies with the ruling power. — -serv'ing, a. Obsequiously complying with the spirit oi the times, or the humors of men in power. — n. An obsequious compliance with the spirit of the times, or the humorrof men in power, which implies a surrender of one's independence, sometimes of integrity; temporizing. —ta'ble, n. A tabular statement of the time at which, or within which, something to take place. Webster's Condensed Dictionary