wood-cutting
11Wood engraving — is a relief printing technique, where the end grain of wood is used as a medium for engraving, thus differing from the older technique of woodcut, where the softer side grain is used. Origin and technique The technique of wood engraving developed …
12wood — wood1 [wood] n. [ME wode < OE wudu, earlier widu, akin to OHG wito < IE base * widhu , tree > OIr fid, Welsh gwŷdd, tree, forest] 1. [usually pl., with sing. or pl. v.] a thick growth of trees; forest or grove 2. the hard, fibrous… …
13Wood warping — costs the wood industry in the U.S. millions of dollars per year. Straight wood boards that leave a cutting facility sometimes arrive at the store yard warped. This little understood process is finally being looked at in a serious way. Although… …
14wood|cut|ting — «WUD KUHT ihng», noun, adjective. –n. 1. the act or work of cutting down trees for wood. 2. wood engraving. –adj. 1. having to do with or used in woodcutting: »Foresters naturally expect their woodcutting saws to become blunter (New Scientist). 2 …
15cutting board — cutting ,board noun count AMERICAN a flat piece of wood or plastic used for cutting food on …
16cutting board — n BrE a piece of wood or plastic that you cut meat or vegetables on = ↑chopping board …
17Cutting board — A wooden chopping board with a chef s knife. A cutting board is a durable board on which to place material for cutting. Common is the kitchen cutting board used in preparing food; other types exist for cutting raw materials such as leather or… …
18Cutting (plant) — Rooting redirects here. For the Android OS concept, see Rooting (Android OS). Plant cuttings can be taken by cutting a stem of a plant, or a single leaf. Plant cutting, also known as striking or cloning, is a technique for vegetatively… …
19wood — wood1 woodless, adj. /wood/, n. 1. the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem. 2. the trunks or main stems of trees as suitable for architectural and other… …
20Wood router — A router is a woodworking tool used to rout out (hollow out) an area in the face of a piece of wood. It was a tool particularly used by pattern makers and staircase makers and consisted of a broad based wooden hand plane with a narrow blade… …
