A flaw or crack in timber, supposed to be due to a strain caused by the force of the wind.

A disease, ? from its producing an appearance of lines or threads. In trees—French fil. Obsolete.

transferred. Applied to a disease of trees.

= wind-shake, n. Also attributive = wind-shaken, adj. 2.

Horticulture. A disease of trees which causes the bark to become rough and irregular. Obsolete.

The diseases affecting cattle and trees, described above in senses A. 1 A. 3. Obsolete.

Botany. A disease of trees, probably bacterial wetwood, which is characterized by the formation of persistent cankers on the bark and a dark…

A thickened part or protuberance in the tissue of a plant; an excrescence on a stem, branch, or root; a node on a stem, esp. when of swollen…

the fault in timber of being cup-shaken adj. at cup-shake, n. derivatives.

A separation or opening between two of the concentric layers of timber. Cf. cup-defect n. at cup, n. compounds 4.

(see quots.).