Wooded, planted with trees.
1777. Level valuable land, well timbered, mixed with hicory.—Maryland Journal, Aug. 12.
1778. The land is exceeding well watered and timbered.—Id., July 28.
1784. The country in general may be considered as well timbered, producing large trees of many kinds, and to be exceeded by no country in variety.—John Filson, ‘Kentucke,’ p. 23.
1796. [The land] is timbered mostly with oak, hickory, and pine.—Gazette of the U.S., Jan. 1.
1817. We are so taken with the prairies we have seen, and with the accounts we have heard of those before us in the Illinois, that no “timbered” land can satisfy our present views.—M. Birkbeck, ‘Journey in America,’ p. 132 (Phila.).
1822. A very beautiful tract of country, timbered principally with maple, in which there are a great number of Indian sugar-camps.—Mass. Spy, Feb. 6: from the Detroit Gazette.
1823. See BARRENS.
1826. A new farm, in the timbered region.—T. Flint, ‘Recollections,’ p. 54.
