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  • 31Timber Culture Act — The Timber Culture Act was a follow up act to the Homestead Act. The Timber Culture Act was passed by Congress in 1873. The act allowed homesteaders to get another 160 acres of land if they planted trees on one fourth of the land, because the… …

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  • 32timber — timberless, adj. timbery, adj. /tim beuhr/, n. 1. the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses. 2. growing trees themselves. 3. wooded land. 4. wood, esp. when suitable or adapted for various building purposes. 5. a single piece of wood …

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  • 33timber right — noun : ownership of standing timber without ownership of the land * * * ownership of standing timber with no rights to the land …

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  • 34Timber Lake, South Dakota — Infobox Settlement official name = Timber Lake, South Dakota other name = native name = nickname = settlement type = City motto = imagesize = image caption = flag size = image seal size = image shield = shield size = image blank emblem = blank… …

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  • 35timber — tim•ber [[t]ˈtɪm bər[/t]] n. 1) the wood of growing trees suitable for construction purposes 2) growing trees themselves 3) wooded land 4) wood, esp. when adapted for various building purposes 5) a single piece of wood forming part of a structure …

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  • 36Land degradation — Serious land degradation in Nauru after the depletion of the phosphate cover through mining Land degradation is a process in which the value of the biophysical environment is affected by one or more combination of human induced processes acting… …

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  • 37Timber Pines, Florida — Infobox Settlement official name = Timber Pines, Florida other name = native name = nickname = settlement type = CDP motto = imagesize = image caption = flag size = image seal size = image shield = shield size = image blank emblem = blank emblem… …

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  • 38Timber Lakes, Utah — Infobox Settlement official name = Timber Lakes, Utah settlement type = CDP nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image |pushpin pushpin label position =left pushpin map caption =Location within the state of Utah pushpin mapsize =… …

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  • 39timber, timbre — These look alikes have different origins and meanings. Timber, from Old English, means wood as a building material (lumber) and wooded land: We collected enough timber to build a small shed. That is a thriving stand of timber. Timbre, from a… …

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  • 40timber — /ˈtɪmbə / (say timbuh) noun 1. wood, especially when suitable for building houses, ships, etc., or for use in carpentry, joinery, etc. 2. the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses. 3. the trees themselves. 4. Chiefly US wooded land.… …