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cam-wood|ˈkæmwʊd|
[According to some, ad. native African name kambi.]
The hard red wood of Baphia nitida (family Leguminosæ), imported from West Africa, and used for dyeing, and in turning and cabinet-making; called also barwood.
1698W. Dampier Voy. (1705) II. ii. 58 At Cherburg near Sierra-Leone..there is Camwood, which is much like Blood⁓wood, if not the same. 1701Lond. Gaz. No. 3758/8 Cam Wood and Elephant's Teeth, lately cast away upon the Goodwin Sands. 1788Clarkson Impol. Slave Tr. 7 The first African woods, that were known to be objects of commercial importance, were Camwood and Barwood. 1876R. Burton Gorilla L. I. 257 Corisco had long been celebrated for cam-wood..yielding a better red than Brazil. |