Advanced search results
Showing 1-20 of 1654 results in 1269 entries
1. abura, n. View full entry 1921
...A tree of tropical West Africa, Mitragyna ciliata (family Rubiaceae), from which a soft pale wood is obtained; the wood of this tree, used esp. for furniture, flooring,...
2. abutting joint in abutting, adj. View full entry 1801
...(in carpentry and metalworking) a simple joint in which the pieces abut edge to edge, and are usually perpendicular to one another; = butt-jointbutt2....
3. accouplement, n. View full entry 1823
...Woodworking and Engin. A component used to bind or brace together two other components of a structure; the structure so bound. Cf. tie7a. rare....
4. acer, n. View full entry 1567
...Any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer (family Sapindaceae), comprising the maples (see maple1); the wood of any of these trees or...
5. adze, v. View full entry 1744
...trans. To carve or cut (at, out, etc.) using an adze....
6. agba, n. View full entry 1908
...A large West African hardwood tree, Gossweilerodendron balsamiferum (family Fabaceae (Leguminosae)). Also: the pale-coloured, lightweight timber of this tree, used esp. for furniture....
7. agboin, n. View full entry 1920
...= dahoma...
8. agila, n. View full entry 1555
...The aromatic resin or (more fully agila wood) resinous wood from any of various trees of the genus Aquilaria; = aloe1. Cf. agalloch...
9. air-season in air, n.1 View full entry 1917
...trans. and intr. to season (timber) by air-drying....
10. air-seasoned in air, n.1 View full entry 1919
...(of timber) seasoned by air-drying....
11. alburnum, n. View full entry 1664
...The whiter, softer, and more recently formed wood of a tree, situated between the bark and the heartwood; the sapwood....
12. alder, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A European tree, Alnus glutinosa (family Betulaceae), common on riverbanks and damp woodland across the northern hemisphere, having rounded toothed leaves and bearing male catkins and woody female...
13. aldern, adj. and n. View full entry OE
...Of alder (the tree or the wood)....
14. alligator wood in alligator, n.2 View full entry 1696
...the timber of the West Indian tree Guarea glabra (sometimes called G. guidonia; family Meliaceae), which has a musky smell supposedly resembling that of an alligator;the fine-grained timber of...
15. amarant(h), n. View full entry 1909
...= purple heart1a and (rare) b. Chiefly U.S....
16. amboyna (wood), n. View full entry 1866
...The wood of the Asiatic tree Pterospermum indicum (family Sterculiaceæ). Treasury Bot.1866....
17. angelina, n. View full entry 1878
...The wood of the angelin tree....
18. † angelique, n. View full entry 1875
...Restrict Obs.rare to sense in Dict. and add: A leguminous tree, Dicorynia paraensis, native to South America; also, the hard, reddish wood of this tree, used esp....
19. angle bead in angle, n.2 View full entry 1799
...(a piece of) beading used to protect an exterior angle....
20. angle tie in angle, n.2 View full entry 1782
...= angle brace...
