log of wood
101Campeachy wood — Logwood Log wood . [So called from being imported in logs.] The heartwood of a tree ({H[ae]matoxylon Campechianum}), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called h[ae]matoxylin, and is used largely …
102Weasel (Farthing Wood) — Weasel is a fictional character from the animated children s television series The Animals of Farthing Wood based upon the books of the same name by author Colin Dann. She is, as her name suggests, a Weasel.In the TV SeriesWhile male in the books …
103Gum wood — Gum Gum, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis, fr. Gr. ?, prob. from an Egyptian form kam?; cf. It. {gomma}.] 1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic;… …
104Saw log — Saw Saw, n. [OE. sawe, AS. sage; akin to D. zaag, G. s[ a]ge, OHG. sega, saga, Dan. sav, Sw. s[*a]g, Icel. s[ o]g, L. secare to cut, securis ax, secula sickle. Cf. {Scythe}, {Sickle}, {Section}, {Sedge}.] An instrument for cutting or dividing… …
105Coal River Locks, Dams, and Log Booms Archeological District — U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. Historic district …
106den´dro|chron´o|log´i|cal|ly — den|dro|chron|o|log|i|cal «DEHN droh KRON uh LOJ uh kuhl», adjective. of or having to do with dendrochronology: »Dendrochronological techniques…can be confidently employed in the Southwest because the dry climate has preserved wood more than… …
107den|dro|chron|o|log|i|cal — «DEHN droh KRON uh LOJ uh kuhl», adjective. of or having to do with dendrochronology: »Dendrochronological techniques…can be confidently employed in the Southwest because the dry climate has preserved wood more than fifteen hundred years… …
108Put-log — As large buildings such as cathedrals were being constructed, putlogs were used as scaffolding to build up on what had been built before. Today rectangular holes in the walls of cathedrals can still be seen where these substantial pieces of wood… …
109nurse log — noun a large decomposing tree trunk that has fallen, usually in a forest; the decaying wood provides moisture and nutrients for a variety of insects and plants • Hypernyms: ↑log …
110saw wood — verb breathe noisily during one s sleep she complained that her husband snores • Syn: ↑snore, ↑saw logs • Derivationally related forms: ↑snore (for: ↑snore), ↑snorer …
