as used for fuel; firewood, n.
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释义 | society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > wood as fuel > [noun] (84) woodc888 as used for fuel; firewood, n. trouse978 Brushwood, cuttings from hedges or copses; = trash, n.1 1. stickc1175 Chiefly in plural. A piece of wood used as fuel for a fire. spray1297 collective. Small or slender twigs of trees or shrubs, either as still growing or as cut off and used for fuel, etc.; fine brushwood. spraya1300 With the (or that). firewood1377 Wood that is burnt as fuel; wood for burning. lopc1420 The smaller branches and twigs of trees, such as are not measured for timber; faggot-wood, loppings. Also, a branch lopped off. lop and top… billet1465 collective. Wood so cut for fuel; billet-wood. Obsolete. buchette1507 A piece of firewood. bag-wood1525 Small branches of trees, twigs, etc. such as could be lopped off with a bagging hook or bill, used for fuel. bavin1573 collective singular. Brushwood, firewood. brushment1591 Prunings or loppings of trees; cut brushwood. brushwood1616 Cut or broken twigs or branches; small wood. burning-wood1642 (sense 8). firebote1661 Firewood, esp. that which a tenant is entitled to take from a landlord's estate for fuel; (hence) the right or privilege of a tenant to take… chump1680 A short thick lump of wood chopped or sawn off from timber; an end-piece. lop-wood1693 branches, etc., lopped from a tree. brush1699 A faggot or bavin of such brushwood. Cf. brash, n.2 burn-wood1701 lightwood1705 Chiefly U.S. regional (southern). Resinous wood typically used for burning and in the production of pitch or turpentine. shravel1732 Small refuse wood or faggots. billet-wood1759 hedge-wood1785 Firewood gathered from hedges. pine knot1791 A knot of pinewood, esp. when burned as fuel for a fire or to provide illumination. Cf. pitch knot n. at pitch, n.1 compounds 2. Subcategories:— a pile, stack, or bundle (17) — cut to a certain size (7) — kindling (9) — for specific miscellaneous purposes (4) — log (13) — action or fact of providing or obtaining wood (2) — place in which to store wood (8) |
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