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wood up Hist. 
of a steamboat or locomotive, take on wood for fuel.
See also: wood wooding stage wooding-up
- 1858 Some ten minutes inside the entrance from Fraser River, the word was passed to "wood up!" and the Umatilla was headed into a quiet little cove . . . where all hands . . . sprang ashore . . . to cut and collect the required fuel.
- 1888 (1890) At one place . . . we drew near the bank to "wood up,"--as taking on board wood for the engines is called. . . .
- 1945 Hundreds upon hundreds of cords of wood were hauled over the ice . . . to ensure that the firm's steamers might always be able to "wood up". . . . The railways, too, in these early days had to have wood available at frequent intervals along their lines--the passengers sometimes helped to "wood up" the tender.
- 1858 Some ten minutes inside the entrance from Fraser River, the word was passed to "wood up!" and the Umatilla was headed into a quiet little cove . . . where all hands . . . sprang ashore . . . to cut and collect the required fuel.