Timber See also Wood Nephi1 works timbers of ship after manner shown by the Lord, 1 Ne. 18:1. timbers used in fortification, Alma 50:2 (53:4). Nephites spread into parts of land northward not rendered desolate and without timber, Hel. 3:5. timber scarce in land northward, Hel. 3:6–7, 9–10.