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Betimber

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To build. transitive

    "Wrought there and fashion'd the folk of the Weders A howe on the lithe, that high was and broad, Unto the wave-farers wide to be seen: Then it they betimber'd in time often days, The battle-strong's beacon; [...]"

  2. 2
    To furnish with timber; timber. transitive

Etymology

From Middle English *betimbren, from Old English betimbran, betimbrian (“to construct, build”), equivalent to be- + timber.

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