timber
/ˈtɪmbɚ/ interjection C2- Used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.
- A cry used when anything is falling over.
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A Carpenter, with equal enthusiasm, proposed timber as a preferable method of defense.
“But for all that, it is the fault of this new-grown timber.
A splendid park with fine old timber surrounds the house, and the lake, to which my client had referred, lay close to the avenue, about two hundred yards from the building.
It was then he rejoiced at his precaution in taking the timber, for without it he would have been unable, perhaps, to reach the vessel—certainly to return to shore, should he be unsuccessful in attracting attention.
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