a. Well-proportioned; symmetrical. [ Poetic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Arch.) Constructed of a timber frame, having the spaces filled in with masonry; -- said of buildings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It., literally, one who leaps or mounts upon a bench; saltare to leap + in in, upon + banco a bench. ] A mountebank; a quack. [ Obs. ] [ Written also santinbanco. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Saltimbancos, quacksalvers, and charlatans. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kettledrum. See Tymbal. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., prop., a kettledrum; -- so named from the form of the mold used. Cf. Timbal. ] (Cookery) A seasoned preparation, as of chicken, lobster, cheese, or fish, cooked in a drum-shaped mold; also, a pastry case, usually small, filled with a cooked mixture. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Probably the same word as timber sort of wood; cf. Sw. timber, LG. timmer, MHG. zimber, G. zimmer, F. timbre, LL. timbrium. Cf. Timmer. ] (Com.) A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also timmer. [ Written also timbre. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. timbre. See Timbre. ] (Her.) The crest on a coat of arms. [ Written also timbre. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To surmount as a timber does. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. timbor, timber, wood, building; akin to OFries. timber, D. timmer a room, G. zimmer, OHG. zimbar timber, a dwelling, room, Icel. timbr timber, Sw. timmer, Dan. tömmer, Goth. timrjan to build, timrja a builder, L. domus a house, Gr. &unr_; house, &unr_; to build, Skr. dama a house. √62. Cf. Dome, Domestic. ] 1. That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing. Cf. Lumber, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

And ta'en my fiddle to the gate, . . .
And fiddled in the timber! Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The body, stem, or trunk of a tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fig.: Material for any structure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such dispositions are the very errors of human nature; and yet they are the fittest timber to make politics of. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for building, or already framed; collectively, the larger pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the covering or boarding. [ 1913 Webster ]

So they prepared timber . . . to build the house. 1 Kings v. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

Many of the timbers were decayed. W. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Woods or forest; wooden land. [ Western U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Shipbuilding) A rib, or a curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. One timber is composed of several pieces united. [ 1913 Webster ]

Timber and room. (Shipbuilding) Same as Room and space. See under Room. --
Timber beetle (Zool.), any one of numerous species of beetles the larvae of which bore in timber; as, the silky timber beetle (Lymexylon sericeum). --
Timber doodle (Zool.), the American woodcock. [ Local, U. S. ] --
Timber grouse (Zool.), any species of grouse that inhabits woods, as the ruffed grouse and spruce partridge; -- distinguished from prairie grouse. --
Timber hitch (Naut.), a kind of hitch used for temporarily marking fast a rope to a spar. See Illust. under Hitch. --
Timber mare, a kind of instrument upon which soldiers were formerly compelled to ride for punishment. Johnson. --
Timber scribe, a metal tool or pointed instrument for marking timber. Simmonds. --
Timber sow. (Zool.) Same as Timber worm, below. Bacon. --
Timber tree, a tree suitable for timber. --
Timber worm (Zool.), any larval insect which burrows in timber. --
Timber yard, a yard or place where timber is deposited. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Timbered p. pr. & vb. n. Timbering. ] To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle. [ 1913 Webster ]

His bark is stoutly timbered. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To light on a tree. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Falconry) To make a nest. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Furnished with timber; -- often compounded; as, a well-timbered house; a low-timbered house. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Built; formed; contrived. [ R. ] Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Massive, like timber. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His timbered bones all broken, rudely rumbled. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Covered with growth timber; wooden; as, well-timbered land. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) The top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and serving for belaying ropes, etc.; -- called also kevel head. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of furnishing with timber; also, timbers, collectively; timberwork; timber. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Timber + -ling. ] A small tree. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Timbermen (Mining) A man employed in placing supports of timber in a mine. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Work made of timbers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See 1st Timber. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., a bell to be struck with a hammer, sound, tone, stamp, crest, in OF., a timbrel. Cf. Timbrel. ] 1. (Her.) The crest on a coat of arms. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) The quality or tone distinguishing voices or instruments; tone color; clang tint; as, the timbre of the voice; the timbre of a violin. See Tone, and Partial tones, under Partial. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. of OE. timbre, OF. timbre; probably fr. L. typmanum, Gr. &unr_; a kettledrum, but influenced perhaps by Ar. tabl a drum; cf. Per. tambal a drum. See Tympanum, and cf. 2d Timbre, Tymbal. ] (Mus.) A kind of drum, tabor, or tabret, in use from the highest antiquity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Miriam . . . took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. Ex. xv. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Sung to the sound of the timbrel. “In vain with timbreled anthems dark.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n., A city on the southern edge of the Sahara, in central Africa, some nine miles from the Niger. It is about three miles around, and was formerly surrounded by a clay wall. Timbuctoo has a large caravan trade, gold dust being the most important export. The people are negroes, Tuariks, Mandingoes, Arabs, Foolahs, etc. The city was founded in the 12th century, but was first seen by a white man in 1826. Timbuctoo now belongs to France, and a railroad is proposed to connect Algiers, Timbuctoo and Senegambia. Population, 13, 000 (1893), greatly increased during the trading season from November to January. Student's Cyclopedia, 1897. [ PJC ]

n. A tambourine. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) The highest timbers on the side of a vessel, being those above the futtocks. R. H. Dana, Jr. [ 1913 Webster ]