[f. WOOD sb.1 (Cf. OE. wudian to fell wood.)]
I. † 1. trans. To surround with or inclose in wood or trees; refl. and intr. to hide or take refuge in a wood. Obs.
1538. in Lett. Suppr. Monast. (Camden), 195. The howse … ys metely wodeyd in hege rowys.
a. 1589. R. Lane, in Hakluyt’s Voy., 741. The Sauages … betooke themselues to flight: we … followed for a smal time after them, who had wooded themselues we know not where.
1645. City Alarum, 13. We should not tread those Mazes of fortune, wherein we have often wooded.
2. trans. To cover (land) with wood, as trees; to plant with trees, convert into woodland.
In this sense a back-formation from WOODED ppl. a., q.v. for earlier quots.; cf. also WOODING 2.
1807. Southey, Espriella’s Lett., xxxiv. (1808), II. 36. I was delighted with the fine pear-trees which wooded the country.
1828. Steuart, Planter’s Guide (ed. 2), 10. Transplanting could do this;… an entire Park could be thus wooded at once.
1896. Howells, Impressions & Exp., 6. The primeval forests densely wooding the vast levels.
II. 3. a. trans. To supply with wood for fuel; to load (a vessel) with wood.
1628. in Foster Engl. Factories India (1909), III. 260. Wee woodded and ballasted our shipps.
1712. E. Cooke, Voy. S. Sea, 117. This Island where we careen’d, wooded, water’d, and fitted our Ships.
1748. Anson’s Voy., I. v. 42. Our next employment was wooding and watering our squadron.
1804. Nelson, 22 March, in Nicolas, Disp. (1845), V. 471. Seahorse being in want of wood, to be ordered … to the Island of Asinara, to cut wood, for which purpose she may remain forty-eight hours. In much less time the Victory could be wooded.
1902. C. Lennox, James Chalmers, x. 72. The people helped in wooding the vessel.
b. intr. To procure or take in a supply of wood for fuel. Also (in mod. use) with up.
1630. Capt. J. Smith, Trav. & Adv., II. 57. In this little Ile of Mevis,… I have remained … to wod and water and refresh my men.
1726. Shelvocke, Voy. round World, 76. In this river I imagined we might wood and water.
1856. Olmsted, Slave States, 369. Soon after leaving, we passed the Zephyr, wooding-up: an hour later, our own boat was run to the bank,… and we also commenced wooding.
1891. C. Roberts, Adrift Amer., 220. We went on down the river,… stopping … occasionally to ‘wood up,’ as taking in fuel was termed.
1921. W. P. Livingstone, Laws of Livingstonia, 56. While the vessel was wooding next day with rosemary and ebony logs the Doctor received a call from the house.
4. Bowls. To be wooded: see quot.
1897. Encycl. Sport, I. 130/2. The jack is said to be ‘wooded’ when surrounded by bowls.
5. trans. To furnish with a wooden support; to prop with wood.
1918. Glasgow Her., 14 June, 6. Simpson wooded the place [in a coal-mine] temporarily, in order … to prevent a further fall.
