wood-yard
1wood|yard — «WUD YAHRD», noun. a yard or enclosure in which wood is chopped, sawed, or stored, especially for use as fuel …
2Wood Yard, Church Lane — At the north east end of Church Lane. In Portsoken Ward (Strype, ed. 1720 Lond. Guide, 1753). Seems to have been a carpenter s yard. Site rebuilt for business purposes …
3wood-yard — …
4Wood Yard, Gravel Lane — North west out of Gravel Lane. In Portsoken Ward (Rocque, 1746 Lond. Guide, 1755). Site now covered by the extension of Stoney Lane, etc …
5Wood — /wood/, n. 1. Grant, 1892 1942, U.S. painter. 2. Leonard, 1860 1927, U.S. military doctor and political administrator. * * * I Hard, fibrous material formed by the accumulation of secondary xylem produced by the vascular cambium. It is the… …
6Wood River (Illinois) — Wood River …
7Wood warping — costs the wood industry in the U.S. millions of dollars per year. Straight wood boards that leave a cutting facility sometimes arrive at the store yard warped. This little understood process is finally being looked at in a serious way. Although… …
8wood — wood1 woodless, adj. /wood/, n. 1. the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem. 2. the trunks or main stems of trees as suitable for architectural and other… …
9Yard (sailing) — The fore royal yard on the Prince William. Prince William s royal yards are the highest and smallest yards on the ship, are made of wood, and are lifting yards that can be raised along a section of the mast. Here it is in the lowered position. A… …
10yard — noun 1 piece of land next to a building ADJECTIVE ▪ front ▪ back (usually backyard), rear (esp. BrE) ▪ church (usually churchyard), farm (usually …
