## fresh poplar...almond...plane tree ##

These are all trees with white wood. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown]])

## and peeled white streaks in them, and made the white inner wood appear that was in the sticks ##

"and peeled off pieces of bark so that the white wood underneath would show"

## the watering-trough ##

a long open container for holding water for animals to drink

## conceived ##

"mated" or "bred"