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Riga1|ˈriːgə|
The name of a Baltic seaport, the capital of Latvia, used attrib. in the names of certain products exported from there, as Riga deal, Riga fir, Riga hemp, Riga oak, etc. Riga balsam, an essential oil (also called Carpathian balsam) obtained by distillation from Pinus Cembra.
1765–94[see rhine2]. 1802W. Coxe Trav. Russia in Pinkerton's Voy. VI. 712 The Riga hemp is chiefly used for shrouds and stays of men of war. 1840Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. III. 128/1 The fixtures are of riga oak. 1842Gwilt Archit. §1706 Red Riga deal, or pine wood, would endure as long as oak in all situations. 1849Balfour Man. Bot. §932 Benzoin..exists also in other empirical remedies, such as Riga balsam. 1861Bentley Man. Bot. 659 P[inus] sylvestris, the Scotch Fir, which yields the timber known as Dantzic or Riga Fir. |