Timber

The body, stem, or trunk of a tree, or the larger pieces or sticks of wood which enter the frame- work of a building or other structure, excluding the plank, boards, shingles, or lath which may be used to complete the structure.

Babka v. Eldred, 47 Wis. 192, 2 N. W. 102, 559.

The term now seems used to advantage in any class of manufacture or construction; U. S. v. Stores, 14 Fed. 824. Timber means generally such trees as are fit to be used in buildings or ships. Trees too small to be used for these purposes are not, strictly speaking, timber; Broad River L. Co. v. Middleby, 194 Fed. 817, 114 O. C. A. 521. Railroad ties are held to be timber; Kollock v. Parcher, 52 Wis. 393, 9 S. W 67; fence rails are not; Mc Cauley v. State, 43 Tex. 374; nor are trees, when suitable only for firewood; Nash v. Drisco, 51 Me. 417. A federal act of 1S97 makes it a penal offence to set fire to timber on the public domain.

See Woods and Forests.