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the head note. For railway purposes in England, reference 

 should be made to the Railway Classification of goods. 



(~2 } Used as part of a compound word, the word has a much 

 wider and varying meaning, e.g.. Timber-trade, Timber- 

 merchant, Timber-yard, etc. .Stv al*o noic* irith ihin prefix. 



Timber (used as a compound word). Besides the instances 

 given in these notes, the following may. in passing, be men- 

 tioned : " Timber-brick," a variant of " wood-brick '' (tchich 

 M ( ) ; " Timber-head," on a ship ; " Timber-trade," a trade 

 or occupation; "Timber-tree,"' "Timber-work." a con- 

 struction in timber; "Timber-yard" or store; " Timber- 

 boe," a facetious term for a ' wooden leg " ; " Timber-saw." 

 etc., etc. 



Timber Broker. -See " Broker." 



Timber Clips or Dogs. Clips t'or gripping logs \\hon hauled along 

 a track or lifted by a crane, generally so arranged that the 

 more power exerted the tighter they grip the wood. 



Timber Dryers (Automatic). In which moist air is circulated in a 

 specially constructed building to dry and season timber. 

 Sieam is generally used in the process to keep the air moist. 

 The air is circulated either by natural draught or by a fan. 



Timber Measure or Measurer. The "standard measure" be- 

 tween shipper and importer, importer and merchant or con- 

 sumer in England, is the " Customs measuring department " 

 at the ports. Those of Scotland vary in detail in more 

 minute parts of inches, being \\orked upon and recorded in 

 the " timber measure " or " blue books." ore " Scribe or 

 Seree\o Marks" and reference there to "The Standard 

 Timber Measurer." 



Timber Merchant. One who deals in or " handles " wood or 

 timber (English or foreign). The latter was, until a cen- 

 tury ago, known as a "Raff merchant." See "Monger," 

 " Woodmonger " and- " Raff Merchant." 



Timber, Preservation of.- -Wood is usually prevented from decay 

 through damp, atmospheric action or the destructive opera- 

 tions of animals or parasitic plants by injecting into the 

 vessels of the wood some mineral material, which, by com- 

 bining with the woody tissue, prevents its decomposition. 

 Creosoting ^inject ing creosote or dead oil of tar under pressure) 

 is the usual method adopted for treating railway sleepers, 

 telegraph poles and wood paving blocks. la the Rupeing 

 process compressed air is forced into the cells and pores of 

 the wood, which lias previously been air-seasoned or steamed 

 in a retort, and at a higher pressure creosote oil is also forced 

 in ; in the Kyani/.ing process the wood is soaked in a solution 



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