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Definition of Sapwoods
1. sapwood [n] - See also: sapwood
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sapwoods
Literary usage of Sapwoods
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Elementary School Teacher and Course of Study by JSTOR (Organization), University of Chicago School of Education (1902)
"Now it would be well to study sapwoods, heartwoods, woods between sap and heart.
NOTE :.— In each case do not fail to bring out the number fad. ..."
2. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"... but is lighter, weaker, less durable, and less valued in construction.
Sapwood is pliable, and the sapwoods of several trees are valued for this reason ..."
3. Timber: A Comprehensive Study of Wood in All Its Aspects, Commercial and by Paul Charpentier, Joseph Kennell, tr (1902)
"... with small branches, from the bottom to the top, it is said that the wood is
red and the quality of the tree is bad. When an oak lias two sapwoods ..."
4. Timber: A Comprehensive Study of Wood in All Its Aspects, Commercial and by Paul Charpentier (1902)
"... with small branches, from the bottom to the top, it is said that the wood is
red and the quality of the tree is bad. When an oak has two sapwoods ..."
5. Official Guide to the Museums of Economic Botany by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1893)
"Decay frequently commences between the heart and sapwoods, often destroying the
latter and leaving the heartwood almost imperishable. ..."
6. Forestry Handbook by R. Dalrymple Hay, Joseph Henry Maiden (1917)
"The sapwood of Spotted Gum decays most rapidly of all the sapwoods of the best
timbers, and perhaps'even of those of all hardwoods whatsoever. ..."
7. Pamphlets on Wood Preservation (1922)
"The sapwoods of many kinds of timber are susceptible to sap-stain, though the
degree of susceptibility varies considerably. Among the conifers southern ..."
8. The Elementary School Teacher and Course of Study by JSTOR (Organization), University of Chicago School of Education (1902)
"Now it would be well to study sapwoods, heartwoods, woods between sap and heart.
NOTE :.— In each case do not fail to bring out the number fad. ..."
9. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"... but is lighter, weaker, less durable, and less valued in construction.
Sapwood is pliable, and the sapwoods of several trees are valued for this reason ..."
10. Timber: A Comprehensive Study of Wood in All Its Aspects, Commercial and by Paul Charpentier, Joseph Kennell, tr (1902)
"... with small branches, from the bottom to the top, it is said that the wood is
red and the quality of the tree is bad. When an oak lias two sapwoods ..."
11. Timber: A Comprehensive Study of Wood in All Its Aspects, Commercial and by Paul Charpentier (1902)
"... with small branches, from the bottom to the top, it is said that the wood is
red and the quality of the tree is bad. When an oak has two sapwoods ..."
12. Official Guide to the Museums of Economic Botany by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1893)
"Decay frequently commences between the heart and sapwoods, often destroying the
latter and leaving the heartwood almost imperishable. ..."
13. Forestry Handbook by R. Dalrymple Hay, Joseph Henry Maiden (1917)
"The sapwood of Spotted Gum decays most rapidly of all the sapwoods of the best
timbers, and perhaps'even of those of all hardwoods whatsoever. ..."
14. Pamphlets on Wood Preservation (1922)
"The sapwoods of many kinds of timber are susceptible to sap-stain, though the
degree of susceptibility varies considerably. Among the conifers southern ..."
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