- wood
In a wood; bewildered, in a maze, in a peck of
troubles, puzzled, or at a loss what course to take in any business.
To look over the wood; to ascend the pulpit, to preach:I shall look over the wood at St. James's on Sunday next.
To look through the wood; to stand in the pillory.
Up to the arms in wood; in the pillory.
The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.