Adjective : merchantable war-surplus goods. From Dictionary.com.
Indies; they are divided into two sorts; one called merchantable, and the other Jamaica fish. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in the United States of America Commencing in the Year 1793, and Ending in 1797. With the Author's Journals of his Two Voyages Across the Atlantic.] Reference
"merchantable," that is, salable, timber according to present standards. From Wordnik.com. [Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation] Reference
All merchantable sugar pine may therefore be removed. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods] Reference
It eventually reaches merchantable size and is harvested. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951] Reference
No suckers nor ground leaves are allowed to be merchantable. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
A bushel of cherry coffee will produce about ten or twelve pounds of merchantable coffee. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
He declined to treat as a merchantable commodity principles of such importance to mankind. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859] Reference
As a rule the trees which will remain merchantable for another thirty years should be left. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods] Reference
The National Forests contain nearly five hundred billion board feet of merchantable timber. From Wordnik.com. [The School Book of Forestry] Reference
If you count rings, 60-80 years was usually enough to get a trunk to a merchantable 6-8 size. From Wordnik.com. [The white tree — late night version.] Reference
Once the cane is cut, it is pulled manually to attain as much merchantable length as possible. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 13] Reference
The merchantable timber left in the United States is estimated at 2,215,000,000,000 board feet. From Wordnik.com. [The School Book of Forestry] Reference
This fact is well known to good farmers, who seldom attempt to sell corn as a merchantable article. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
As soon as raised, they are immediately cut into small pieces and dried, and are then merchantable. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
How can I separate the molasses from the sugar, in sorghum sugar mush, to make a dry merchantable sugar?. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
The commissaries & quartermasters are to apply to them to determine, which is merchantable and which is not. From Wordnik.com. [The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn] Reference
The purchasers were also to pay Governor Dongan six bushels of good and merchantable winter wheat every year. From Wordnik.com. [The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890] Reference
The fact that these stands of trees established on raw spoil will produce merchantable timber has been proven. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952] Reference
Other important manufactures are merchantable iron, brass and copper, locomotives and agricultural implements. From Wordnik.com. [By Water to the Columbian Exposition] Reference
The merchantable part of the wool thus imported is the weight of the wool of this hundred pounds after scouring. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
Every stick of matured, merchantable timber in the forests, not needed for protection of water-sheds, is for sale. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.] Reference
They cited the fact that the spray had killed or damaged large stands of merchantable timber in War Zones C and D. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Ranch Hand]
Louisiana, where it occurs in large merchantable quantities, attaining its best development in the former locality. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
Under this system of marking, ordinarily about one-half of the present stand of merchantable pine would be left uncut. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods] Reference
On the other hand, natural reproduction does not always require the leaving of merchantable timber on the cutting area. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods] Reference
Well I'd really prefer a refund, plus ... time to bring on that old chestnut ... the goods are not of merchantable quality. From Wordnik.com. [The cat's leg, my skirt and a vacuum cleaner.] Reference
If not, he may leave a few merchantable seed bearing trees provided the soil is such as to make them deep-rooted and wind-firm. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods] Reference
Occasional vigorous young trees just under present merchantable size are of doubtful value because they are likely to blow down. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods] Reference
In addition, fast growth is characteristic of the variety and it should produce merchantable sawlogs earlier than the common walnut. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947] Reference
The reason for this lack of progress may be found in the ease with which winter wheat could be made into good, white, merchantable flour. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881] Reference
There is no merchantable timber, on the west coast of. From Wordnik.com. [Official Report of the Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands for the Government of British Columbia] Reference
Dud's manufacture, alleging that his iron was not merchantable. From Wordnik.com. [Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers] Reference
He found that the yacht could not properly be termed of '' merchantable quality ''. From Wordnik.com. [The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines] Reference
Jake Gibbs, management forester for the company, said in addition to the soil and road damage, merchantable trees are destroyed, too. From Wordnik.com. [News Review - Top Stories] Reference
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