Part 30 (1/2)

=Rift.= To split; cleft.

=Ring shake.= A large check or crack in the wood following an annual ring.

=Roe.= A peculiar figure caused by the contortion of the woody fibres, and takes a wavy line parallel to them.

=Sapwood.= The outer portions of the tree next to the bark; alburnam.

=Saturate.= To cause to become completely penetrated or soaked.

=Season checks.= Small openings in the ends of the wood caused by the process of drying.

=Seasoning.= The process by which wood is dried or seasoned.

=Seedholes.= Minute holes in wood caused by wood-destroying worms or insects.

=Shake.= A large check or crack in wood caused by the action of the wind on the tree.

=Shrinkage.= A lessening or contraction of the wood substance.

=Skidways.= Material set on an incline for transporting lumber or logs.

=Species.= In science, a group of existing things, a.s.sociated according to properties.

=Spermatophyta.= Seed-bearing plants.

=Spring-wood.= Wood that is formed in the spring of the year.

=Stamen.= The pollen-bearing organ of the flower, usually consisting of filament and anther.