| 单词 | agila wood |
| 释义 | > as lemmasagila wood The aromatic resin or (more fully agila wood) resinous wood from any of several South-East Asian trees of the genera Aquilaria and Gyrinops; = agar n.1Cf. aloe n. 1, agalloch n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > resinous wood agila1555 pitchwood1662 tar-wood1856 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other vegetable materials > plant resin > [noun] > other plant resins aloesOE elemi1543 agila1555 copal1577 lycium1597 aloe wood1599 lignum vitae1611 caraña1616 sticklac1659 guaiacum1663 copaiba1712 copahu1736 hackiac1790 guaiac1811 agar1813 ulmin1817 acouchi1818 helleborin1840 piney resin1851 gurjun1858 icican1865 sumbul balsam1868 amyrin1876 jojoba oil1975 jojoba1989 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 238 Aguila is woorth the farazuola: Fanan .ccc. to .cccc. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias f. 34v When they die, they be caried out from their pallaice into a plain field, wher they be burned with great quantitie of wood of sanders & a sweet wood called Aguila [Pg. aguila; It. aquila]. 1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 41 Euerie morning and euening they do offer vnto their Idolles frankensence, beniamin, wood of aguila [Sp. palo de águila], and cayolaque. 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. i. 8 Pepper, Lignum Aloes, and Aguala Wood. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. 193 It [sc. the Siam Coast] produces much Agala and Sapan-woods. 1826 J. Conder Mod. Traveller: Birmah, Siam & Anam 306 The agila-wood of Chantibond is equalled only by that of Cochin China. The odoriferous principle..resides in a black, thick, concrete oil, resembling tar or resin. 1871 E. Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 2) I. C-13/1 Calambac, Calambao, Calambeg, also called Aloes wood, is the Agallochum of the ancients, and the Agilla or Eaglewood of the moderns. It is produced in Siam and Silhet by Aquilaria agallocha. 1907 H. W. Smyth in H. R. Mill Internat. Geogr. xxvii. 511 Edible birds' nests, sapan, rosewood and ironwood, agilla and gum Benjamin are the other principle exports. 1920 E. Westermarck in Acta Academiae Aboensis Humaniora 1 i. 58 In Tangier also the smoke of agal-wood is supposed to put the jnūn to flight. 1941 Far Eastern Q. 1 28 The more valuable exports, among them cardamoms, ivory, gamboge, agila and sapan woods, were the king's monopoly. 2009 N. Kruspe in M. Haspelmath & U. Tadmor Loanwords xxvi. 663 Rattan, agila wood, wild fruits, resin, and small game are sold to traders for cash. < as lemmas |
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