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1. arboricidal, adj. View full entry 1866
...Given to cutting down trees; tree-felling....
2. axe-man | ax-man, n. View full entry 1671
...One who uses an axe in his work; a woodman....
3. balk | baulk, n.1 View full entry c885
...A ridge, heap, or mound upon the ground; e.g. a grave-mound. Obs....
4. bank, v.1 View full entry 1590
...trans. To form a bank to; to border, edge, hem in as a bank....
5. banking, n. View full entry 1610
...The business of a banker; the keeping or management of a bank....
6. basal, adj. and n. View full entry 1610
...Pertaining to, situated at, or forming the base. In Bot. Situated at the base of the ovary. basal plane and cleavage in Crystallogr.: one parallel to...
7. bay-man | bayman, n.1 View full entry 1641
...A resident beside a bay (usu. some specific bay); one accustomed to navigating a bay. U.S. Hist., an inhabitant or native of Massachusetts Bay....
8. boom, n.2 View full entry 1645
...‘A long spar run out from different places in the ship, to extend or boom out the foot of a particular sail; as jib-boom, flying jib-boom, studding-sail booms.’ Smyth Sailor's Word-bk....
9. boom, v.2 View full entry 1627
...Naut. (trans.)...
10. brail, n.2 View full entry 1879
...In the American timber trade: A number of logs held together by ropes and booms, forming part of a raft....
11. break-down, n. View full entry 1832
...The act of breaking and falling down; a ruinous downfall, a collapse. lit. and fig....
12. ˈbucker, n.3 View full entry 1900
...One who saws trees into logs....
13. bunch, v.2 View full entry 1398
...intr....
14. bunk, n.1 View full entry 1758
...A box or recess in a ship's cabin, railway-carriage, lodging-house, etc., serving for a bed; a sleeping-berth. Freq. one of two or more beds arranged in a tier....
15. bush, n.1 View full entry c1315
...A shrub, particularly one with close branches arising from or near the ground; a small clump of shrubs apparently forming one plant....
16. bushman, n. View full entry 1785
...With capital initial. A member of an aboriginal people of Southern Africa; = Sana....
17. bushwhacker, n. View full entry 1809
...One accustomed to beat about or make his way through bushes; a backwoodsman, a bush-ranger....
18. bushwhacking, n. View full entry 1826
...Making one's way through bushes; esp. the pulling of a boat by means of the bushes along the margin of a stream....
19. ˈbutt-cut, n. View full entry 1830
...The first portion of a tree cut off above the stump. Also fig.: an important or a heavy man....
20. camp, n.2 View full entry 1525
...The place where an army or body of troops is lodged in tents or other temporary means of shelter, with or without intrenchments. In common modern use the collection of tents, huts,...
