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ˈsneezewood
Also sneeze-wood.
[f. sneeze v., probably after Cape Du. nieshout.]
A South African timber tree, Ptæroxylon utile; also, the wood of this tree.
1834Pringle Afr. Sk. vi. 219 A saffron-coloured timber, called sneeze-wood, from the effect of its pungent scent when newly cut. 1854Pappe Silva Capensis (1862) 5 Ptæroxylon Utile... From the fact of its producing violent sneezing when sawn or otherwise worked at, it has received the name of Sneeze-wood. 1880Silver & Co.'s S. Africa (ed. 3) 130 Melkhout, Olive-wood, and Sneezewood.
b. attrib., as sneezewood spade, sneezewood stump, sneezewood tree, etc.
1877J. A. Chalmers Tiyo Soga i. 7 The sneezewood spade gave place to the crooked plough-share. Ibid. 11 The branches of the sneezewood tree. 1880Bessey Botany 535 Ptæroxylon utile, the Sneezewood Tree of the Cape of Good Hope, furnishes a hard and durable timber. 1887E. E. Money Dutch Maiden (1888) 229 Nodding away on his sneeze-wood stump. |