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Quotation dates: 1580, 1632-1643
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Tymmerit, Timerrid, Timberd, ppl. adj. [Tym(m)er n.1 or Tymmer v.] Wooden, made of wood. — 1580 Edinburgh Testaments VIII 137.
My best tymmerit bed 1632 Lithgow Trav. viii 351.
A great thicket of wood where their timberd cabine stood 1643 Dumfries Treas. Acc. 28.
For a timerrid skober [? = caber] to the mill
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