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XYLOID |
Wood-like |
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LIGNIFORM |
Like wood. |
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TIMBRE |
Quality of sound, like wood |
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IMPRESSION |
A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, or the
like. |
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REBATE |
An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used
for dressing and polishing wood. |
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TRAIN |
A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation
of merchandise, wood, and the like. |
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MARQUETRY |
Inlaid work; work inlaid with pieces of wood, shells,
ivory, and the like, of several colors. |
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UNDERBRUSH |
Shrubs, small trees, and the like, in a wood or forest,
growing beneath large trees; undergrowth. |
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PANSTEREORAMA |
A model of a town or country, in relief, executed in
wood, cork, pasteboard, or the like. |
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COB |
To punish by striking on the buttocks with a strap, a flat
piece of wood, or the like. |
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SCALEBOARD |
A thin veneer of leaf of wood used for covering the
surface of articles of furniture, and the like. |
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ENGRAVE |
To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood,
stone, metal, or the like; as, to engrave an inscription. |
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APLUSTRE |
An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern,
usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather. |
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RULE |
A straight strip of wood, metal, or the like, which serves as
a guide in drawing a straight line; a ruler. |
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CYCADACEOUS |
Pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants like
the palms, but having exogenous wood. The sago palm is an example. |
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CHEST |
A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a
trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth. |
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LIXIVIAL |
Impregnated with, or consisting of, alkaline salts
extracted from wood ashes; impregnated with a salt or salts like a
lixivium. |
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KITCAT |
A game played by striking with a stick small piece of wood,
called a cat, shaped like two cones united at their bases; tipcat. |
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HONEYCOMB |
Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of
worm-eaten wood, or of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a
honeycomb. |
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FISSILE |
Capable of being split, cleft, or divided in the direction
of the grain, like wood, or along natural planes of cleavage, like
crystals. |
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NEISHOUT |
The mahogany-like wood of the South African tree
Pteroxylon utile, the sawdust of which causes violent sneezing (whence
the name). Also called sneezewood. |
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PIPE |
Any long tube or hollow body of wood, metal, earthenware, or
the like: especially, one used as a conductor of water, steam, gas,
etc. |
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MUSTAIBA |
A close-grained, neavy wood of a brownish color, brought
from Brazil, and used in turning, for making the handles of tools, and
the like. |
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SMOKE |
The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or
expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable
matter, as wood, coal, peat, or the like. |
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STAPLE |
A loop of iron, or a bar or wire, bent and formed with two
points to be driven into wood, to hold a hook, pin, or the like. |