cup-shaken.
A separation or opening between two of the concentric layers of timber. Cf. cup-defect n. at cup n. Compounds 4.
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the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > associated with particular type of plant > trees
wind-shake1545
file1600
joint-ache1601
wind-shock1664
measles1674
hidebound1678
carcinoma1832
knot1845
cup-defect1875
cup-shake1875
beech disease1905
1875 T. Laslett Timber & Timber Trees 31 The cup-shake. This shake..is most frequently met with near the roots of trees.
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ˈcup-shaken adj.
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the world > plants > disease or injury > [adjective] > of trees or timber
wind-shaken1565
wind-shook1784
cup-shakya1793
cup-shaken1808
1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon xi. 286 Such of the yew as was not cup or wind shaken, was cut into plank.
ˈcup-shaky adj.
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the world > plants > disease or injury > [adjective] > of trees or timber
wind-shaken1565
wind-shook1784
cup-shakya1793
cup-shaken1808
a1793 G. White Observ. Veg. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1802) II. 251 The wood [sc. chestnut] is very shakey, and towards the heart cup-shakey, (that is to say, apt to separate in round pieces like cups).
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