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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-yard in balk | baulk, n.1 View full entry 1823
...a timber-yard....
4. bank, v.1 View full entry 1856
...spec. To pile up (logs) at a landing, etc., for transport by water or rail. U.S. and Canada....
5. banking, n. View full entry 1880
...(in U.S. Lumber-trade): a place where logs are brought to a river bank....
6. basal area in basal, adj. and n. View full entry 1610
...the area situated at or forming the base; spec. in Ecol. (see quot. 1962);Forestry the area of the cross-section of a tree at a height of 4·5 feet above...
7. bay-man | bayman, n.1 View full entry 1715
...A mahogany-cutter of the Bay of Honduras. Obs....
8. boom, n.2 View full entry 1702
...In the American lumber-trade: A line of floating timber stretched across a river or round an area of water to retain floating logs....
10. boom fence in boom, n.2 View full entry 1848
11. boom log in boom, n.2 View full entry 1945
12. boom-man in boom, n.2 View full entry 1908
13. boom-stick in boom, n.2 View full entry 1850
14. boom timber in boom, n.2 View full entry 1883
...(In sense 4.)...
15. boom, v.2 View full entry 1879
...To furnish (a river or piece of water) with a boom to retain floating timber; to collect (logs or timber) in a boom. N. Amer. See boom4....
16. 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....
17. break-down, n. View full entry 1923
...Sawmilling. (See quot. 1957.) Also (N.Z.) applied to the building in which the initial cutting of timber from logs is done. Also attrib. Cf. ...
18. ˈbucker, n.3 View full entry 1900
...One who saws trees into logs....
19. bunch, v.2 View full entry 1883
...In technical use (see quots.). In Baseball, to secure (hits) in close succession. Chiefly U.S....
20. bunk, n.1 View full entry 1770
...‘A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to enable it to sustain the end of heavy pieces of timber. Maine (U.S.).’ Bartlett....
