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Weymouth pine [after Thomas Thynne (d.1714), 1st Viscount of Weymouth] 
a tall, stately pine, Pinus strobus, of eastern Canada, much used for shipmasts in colonial days and providing the basis for the lumber industry.
See also: white pine (def. 1a)
- 1770 (1792) The arrows are made from Weymouth pine; they are slender, light, perfectly straight, and about three feet long.
- 1832 The white, yellow, or Weymouth pine, is the monarch of our forest, growing to the height of 130 feet. . . .
- 1956 Eastern white pine [is also called] white pine, Weymouth pine. . . .
- 1770 (1792) The arrows are made from Weymouth pine; they are slender, light, perfectly straight, and about three feet long.