(n.) A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc.
(n.) A short, upright piece of timber in framing; a short post; an intermediate stud.
(n.) A split log or heavy slab with the face smoothed; as, a floor made of puncheons.
(n.) A cask containing, sometimes 84, sometimes 120, gallons.
Example Sentences:
(1) But they were punctured by Puncheon yet again when the midfielder cut across the Everton defence and picked out Jerome inside the area.
(2) City had to grind out this latest success, initially scorched by the pace of Yannick Bolasie, Wilfried Zaha and Bakary Sako and grateful to Joe Hart’s flying save to deny Jason Puncheon after the interval.
(3) Jason Puncheon is a lovely, careful passer of the ball and here he out-Cesc’ed Chelsea’s own midfield creator for long periods of the game, strolling about to great effect in his central playmaker role.
(4) Jason Puncheon curled a free-kick just wide, Dwight Gayle headed over and Yannick Bolasie’s introduction made life more awkward for Calum Chambers.
(5) Jason Puncheon, on as a half-time substitute, cancelled out Juan Mata’s early penalty when his free-kick flicked off Daley Blind’s head in the 57th minute and Palace fancied their chances.
(6) Puncheon's long free-kick was met by Marouane Chamakh on the edge of the six-yard box, and although the substitute's header was saved by David Marshall, using his legs, the ball ran to Ledley who nudged it home, almost apologetically.
(7) Puncheon marked his new four-year contract at Selhurst Park by sweeping the set piece into the bottom corner.
(8) 9.23pm BST 65 min: Crystal Palace substitution: Dwight Gayle on for Jason Puncheon.
(9) If they had hoped to mount a recovery, then a failure to clear Puncheon’s free-kick – another conceded needlessly by Marko Arnautovic – 19 minutes from time scuppered their aspirations.
(10) Puncheon’s goal left Palace on the brink of the greatest result in their 110-year history and the glory could still have gone their way if another substitute, Dwight Gayle, had managed to beat De Gea with their best chance of extra-time, with the score at 1-1.
(11) Ince joins a long list of other new recruits: Joe Ledley from Celtic, Scott Dann from Blackburn, Wolves goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey, and Jason Puncheon of Southampton (whose loan deal has been made permanent).
(12) Mariappa, Puncheon and Chamakh are working some neat moves on that side though.
(13) The ball is eventually worked out to Puncheon, whose neat chipped pass looks to have put Murray in but his shot is blocked and the flag for offside was up anyway.
(14) Marouane Chamakh started ahead of Dwight Gayle, the newly signed Jason Puncheon and José Campaña, the highly regarded young midfielder bought from Sevilla.
(15) Puncheon jinked back inside the area; he felt Mata catch his standing foot and down he went.
(16) After the substitute Graziano Pellè, with a trademark hanging header from Cuco Martina’s cross, had swapped second-half goals with Jason Puncheon – whose clean left-footer was the pick of the afternoon – Mané outpaced Adrian Mariappa to win a penalty that was converted confidently by Ryan Bertrand.
(17) The temperature went up and, with United looking uncertain, it was no surprise when Puncheon fashioned the equaliser, after Smalling had conceded a free-kick 25 yards from goal.
(18) Honourable mentions also to our talented wide players, Yannick Bolasie and Jason Puncheon, who improved significantly as the season unfolded.
(19) The London club have freed up the space for Ince by turning Jason Puncheon's loan from Southampton into a £1.7m permanent transfer.
(20) 4.55pm BST 44 mins Palace almost get one back straight away as Puncheon curls the ball in for Jerome at the far post, which he just misses, though the linesman's flag is up.
Timber
Definition:
(n.) A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also timmer.
(n.) The crest on a coat of arms.
(v. t.) To surmount as a timber does.
(n.) That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing. Cf. Lumber, 3.
(n.) The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.
(n.) Fig.: Material for any structure.
(n.) A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for building, or already framed; collectively, the larger pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the covering or boarding.
(n.) Woods or forest; wooden land.
(n.) A rib, or a curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. One timber is composed of several pieces united.
(v. t.) To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle.
(v. i.) To light on a tree.
(v. i.) To make a nest.
Example Sentences:
(1) A grassed roof, solar panels to provide hot water, a small lake to catch rainwater which is then recycled, timber cladding for insulation ... even the pitch and floodlights are "deliberately positioned below the level of the surrounding terrain in order to reduce noise and light pollution for the neighbouring population".
(2) Navalny, represented by two defence lawyers, will argue that he did not lead a criminal group to embezzle 16m roubles (£333,000) from Kirovles, a state-run timber firm, while advising the region's liberal governor, Nikita Belykh.
(3) As the houses are lightweight and timber-framed, they don’t need foundations.
(4) RSL trying to get their own flowing passing game going now, but the Timbers looking tenacious in midfield to break it up.
(5) Kitchens will be installed, along with new carpets or timber floors.
(6) Sophie Jackson, of Museum of London Archaeology , said: "The waterlogged conditions left by the Walbrook stream have given us layer upon layer of Roman timber buildings, fences and yards, all beautifully preserved and containing amazing personal items, clothes and even documents – all of which will transform our understanding of the people of Roman London."
(7) An undulating lightweight roof is supported by 211 narrow steel columns, sheltering a glass box holding the cafe and shop, and a chestnut timber-covered box holding the displays.
(8) Along the way he also reached the final of the US Open Cup, and in the MLS Cup dispatched the holders LA Galaxy in the conference semi-finals, before beating Porter’s Timbers in both the home and road legs of the Western final (his team had beaten Portland in the US Open Cup semis too).
(9) While BoKlok houses have a limited choice of colour and cladding types, Persimmon's Space4 arm has come up with more than 1,000 different CAD-designed timber-frame house types.
(10) This station, with its quarter-mile, 300kph trains, a huge cocktail bar, a branch of Foyles stocked with 20,000 titles, a smart Searcy's restaurant and brasserie, independent coffee bars, floors covered in timber and stone rather than sticky British airport-style carpet, new gothic carvings, newly cast gothic door handles, and a nine-metre-high sculpture of lovers meeting under the station clock?
(11) Big names and timber were bracketed under Margaret Thatcher's government in the late 1980s, when private investment was encouraged to promote planting.
(12) Timber revenues funded Charles Taylor’s regime during Liberia’s brutal civil war.
(13) It's up to us to take advantage of it when soccer has inspired our country.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Seattle Sounders' Clint Dempsey leaps in the air after scoring against the Portland Timbers.
(14) Here's what happened the last time these two sides played here in mid-October: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close 3.27am GMT Preamble Hello, and welcome to the Western Conference semi-final second leg between Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders , in which Portland try to defend a slim lead and Seattle continue their annual quest to make a second leg playoff comeback actually count.
(15) Colbeck told the Australian the protected listing was a “sham” because it locked up areas of plantation timber, as well as pristine old-growth forest.
(16) These factors are often interlinked – trees are cut down for timber and the cleared land can be used for grazing cattle.
(17) He is the Princess Di of the political world …" Or of Margaret Thatcher 's trusty bulldog Bernard Ingham: "Brick-red of face, beetling of brow, seemingly built to withstand hurricanes, Sir Bernard resembled a half-timbered bomb shelter."
(18) At the present time, this timber constitutes the most frequently commercially exported African wood.
(19) It's mainly down to the pink phenolic foam insulation that is injected into the timber-house frame and combined with a thin membrane, while wood is a good natural insulator in itself.
(20) In the past, he explains, 'encroachers' failed to respect the park's boundaries, sneaking into the forest to gather firewood and fell trees for timber.