Vocabulary Word
Word: lumber
Definition: move heavily or clumsily; Ex. The bear lumbered through the woods; N: timber
Definition: move heavily or clumsily; Ex. The bear lumbered through the woods; N: timber
Sentences Containing 'lumber'
The upshot of which, was, to smash this witness like a crockery vessel, and shiver his part of the case to useless lumber.
Lumber and rice having been once put into the enumeration, when they were afterwards taken out of it, were confined, as to the European market, to the countries that lie south of Cape Finisterre.
A monstrous big lumber-raft was about a mile up stream, coming along down, with a lantern in the middle of it.
One night we catched a little section of a lumber raft--nice pine planks.
"That which my son himself indicated--that of the cupboard of the lumber-room."
So then I crept into a lumber-pile to get some sleep; and next time I waked up the sun was away up over my head!
This is what an old fellow gets now for working in dead lumber.
His father was soon remarried, to Louise Amelang, daughter of a lumber trader Gottfried Amelang and the Leopoldine Schmidt.
Mark Walker moved to Sweet Bay, BBS, in the 1880s where he worked as post master, as well as in both the fishing and lumber trades.
The first such boom, covering the early years of the city, rode on the lumber industry.
He was president of the Hammond Lumber Co.
In 1900 he began to assemble one of the largest lumber companies on the West Coast, including the world’s largest redwood lumber company and the world’s largest lumber yard in Los Angeles.
Shipbuilding and lumber mills were important early businesses, the latter especially active between 1750-1770.
The mill produced lumber for local use, but also pipe-staves for export.
Much of the equipment from the Westside Lumber Co.
She was sold to the Coos Bay Lumber company in 1918 and transported lumber until 1928.
Heilongjiang is also an important source of lumber for China.
Pine, especially the Korean pine and larch are the most important forms of lumber produced in Heilongjiang.
Industry is focused upon coal, petroleum, lumber, machinery, and food.
Hill raised cattle and horses and was also involved in the sale of lumber.
In 1881, the company expanded from lumber into pulp and paper manufacturing.
The equipment went to Scotland to meet Britain's need for lumber.
His parents (father named Taunus Schmitten) worked in lumber and wool farming.
He built and operated a successful lumber mill later owned by Harry A. Corey.
They then lost to the Central Junior A Hockey League's Pembroke Lumber Kings 5-3.
The village was once a booming region for the lumber industry.
The lumber and other interests of David Joyce spanned almost the length and breadth of the Mississippi Valley.
Joyce was also president of the Trinity County Lumber Co.
(Groveton, Texas); Langford Hall Lumber Co.
In addition, he was one of the biggest stockholders in the White River Lumber Co.
After 1931 the building housed another bank and a lumber and hardware store.
Cordwood is a combination of small remnants of firewood and other lumber that usually go to waste.
Cordwood provides the rustic look of log cabins without the use of tons of lumber.
For example, the 'vara' is still used in Costa Rica when ordering lumber.
The lumber is charged 'per inch', which is a measurement 11/12 of a board foot.
Some models have divots for fitting a writing utensil to mark lumber with.
First he went into the lumber business, cutting trees and building a sawmill.
He entered the lumber business with his father in the company H. Lovell and Sons.
The emerald lumber (sometimes referred to as "green lumber") is lumber cut from an unknown source (possibly the trees of Finite Forest) and processed by Lucky Smells Lumbermill.
The lumber was used by the V.F.D. headquarters where Lemony Snicket, Bertrand Baudelaire, and Beatrice were trained.
The area Redwoods were an important source of lumber exports.
She was carrying a cargo of lumber bound for the Tyne.
A lumber mill and the fishery were the main employers in the community.
The railroad hauled primarily lumber and agricultural products.
In 1903, the California Grain and Lumber Company was organized in California Junction.
Logging had been carried out for some time, but the arrival of the railway in 1914 made this much more profitable and for several years there were a few sizable mills and lumber operations: The Barrs at Parkhurst Mill on Green Lake (to the north), and the Gebharts with the Rainbow Lumber Company on Alta Lake.
Frank Upchurch had interests in turpentine and lumber, while Benjamin Dyal owned a sawmill.
The "Dells Lumber and Puld Company" was involved in paper making and was based in Eau Claire.
Besides farming, Leighton also became involved in the lumber trade.
From 1976 until 1978, he worked as an accountant at Mvule Saw Mill, a private lumber factory.