timmer

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timmer - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Timmer \Tim"mer\, n.
     Same as 1st Timber. [Scot.]
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  Timber \Tim"ber\, 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.]
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