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Roughhew

To hew coarsely without smoothing as to roughhew timber

Rive

To rend asunder by force to split to cleave as to rive timber for rails or shingles

Resaw

To saw again specifically to saw a balk or a timber which has already been squared into dimension lumber as joists boards etc

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Redwood

A gigantic coniferous tree Sequoia sempervirens of California and its light and durable reddish timber See Sequoia

Putlog

One of the short pieces of timber on which the planks forming the floor of a scaffold are laid one end resting on the ledger

Poplar

Any tree of the genus Populus also the timber which is soft and capable of many uses

Plank

A broad piece of sawed timber differing from a board only in being thicker See Board

Pitman

One who works in a pit as in mining in sawing timber etc

Paynes process

A process for preserving timber and rendering it incombustible by impregnating it successively with solutions of sulphate of iron and calcium chloride in

Palo

A pole or timber of any kind in the names of trees

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