ETYM Old Eng. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu.
(Homonym: would).
1. A long-shafted golfclub used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; metal woods are now available.
2. The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees.
The hard tissue beneath the bark of many perennial plants; it is composed of water-conducting cells, or secondary xylem, and gains its hardness and strength from deposits of lignin. Hardwoods, such as oak, and softwoods, such as pine, have commercial value as structural material and for furniture.
The central wood in a branch or stem is known as heartwood and is generally darker and harder than the outer wood; it consists only of dead cells. As well as providing structural support, it often contains gums, tannins, or pigments which may impart a characteristic color and increased durability. The surrounding sapwood is the functional part of the xylem that conducts water.
The secondary xylem is laid down by the vascular cambium which forms a new layer of wood annually, on the outside of the existing wood and visible as an annual ring when the tree is felled; see dendrochronology.
Commercial wood can be divided into two main types: hardwood, containing xylem vessels and obtained from angiosperms (for example, oak) and softwood, containing only tracheids, obtained from gymnosperms (for example, pine). Although in general softwoods are softer than hardwoods, this is not always the case: balsa, the softest wood known, is a hardwood, while pitch pine, very dense and hard, is a softwood. A superhard wood is produced in wood-plastic combinations (WPC), in which wood is impregnated with liquid plastic (monomer) and the whole is then bombarded with gamma rays to polymerize the plastic.

(1892-1942) US painter. He was based mainly in his native Iowa. Though his work is highly stylized, he struck a note of hard realism in his studies of farmers, notably in American Gothic 1930 (Art Institute, Chicago).
He also painted landscapes and somewhat humorous scenes: for example, Daughters of Revolution 1932 (Cincinnati Art Museum), which satirized membership in patriotic societies.

ETYM Old Eng. wod, as. wôd; akin to Old High Germ. wuot, Icel. ôthr, Goth. wôds, Dutch woede madness, German wuth, wut, also to as. wôth song, Icel. ôthr, Latin vates a seer, a poet. Related to Wednesday.
(Homonym: would).
Concerning or dwelling or situated in a wood; SYN. woods.
Mad; insane; wild.

Adopted name of Natasha Gurdin (1938-1981) US film actress. She started out as a child star. Her films include Miracle on 34th Street 1947, Rebel Without a Cause 1955, The Searchers 1956, and Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice 1969.
Other films include Splendor in the Grass 1961 and Gypsy 1962. She was married to actor Robert Wagner and died by drowning.

(born Ellen Price) (1814-1887) English novelist. She was a pioneer of crime fiction and her works include the melodramatic East Lynne 1861.

(1882-1959) British composer. A violinist, he wrote a violin concerto among other works, and is known for his songs, which include ‘Roses of Picardy’, associated with World War I.

Town in South Dakota (USA); zip code 57585.

1. To gather or take on wood
2. To cover with a growth of trees or plant with trees