单词 | guaiacum |
释义 | guaiacumn. 1. A genus of trees and shrubs (N.O. Zygophyllaceæ), native to the West Indies and the warmer parts of America; a tree of this genus, esp. Guaiacum officinale and G. sanctum. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > non-British medicinal trees or shrubs > guaiacum or lignum vitae pock tree?1533 guaiacum1553 lignum sanctum1553 pockwood tree1590 lignum vitae1597 wood of life1597 holy wood1712 lignum1899 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Mjv The wood of Guaicum, otherwyse called, Lignum Sanctum, wherewith dyuerse diseases are healed by the order of the newe dyete. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §456 Some Hot Trees, as Turpentine, Mastick-Tree, Guaiacum, Iuniper, &c. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 66 Guajacum..is a Tree the Size of a common Walnut Tree. 1792 M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 90 The guiacum, or lignum vitae, is found here. The bark is white and gummy, the leaves winged, the blossoms of a beautiful violet colour, and the berries are used as bitters. 2. The hard and heavy brownish-green wood of G. officinale and G. sanctum, used in medicine; lignum vitæ. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > other woods of West Indies and Central America guaiacum1533 guaiac1558 lignum vitae1594 sweetwood1607 green ebony1665 princewoodc1665 alligator wood1696 pimento wood1712 greenheart1719 mahoea1726 galimeta-wood1756 determa1769 bullet-wood1843 cocobolo1849 lancewood1858 silver-balli1858 yari-yari1858 Honduras rosewood1860 sabicu1866 amarant1909 1533 T. Paynell tr. U. von Hutten De Morbo Gallico vi. 11 Yet hath this woode Guaiacum alwayes bene there vsed. 1577 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Three Bookes i. f. 10v The Guaiacan that is called the wood of the Indias. 1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. xxii. 423 The Oak; the salt expells Urine and gravel; the wood is of like use as Guajacum. 1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §47 Guaiacum, and other medicinal woods. 1876 E. E. Frewer tr. J. Verne Adventures Three Englishmen iii. 32 They had laid in a good stock of ebony and guaiacum. 3. A resin obtained from the tree; also, the drug prepared from it. Also gum guaiacum. 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Lodge Illustr. Brit. Hist. (1791) I. xxii. 165 He told me that his Matie taketh Guaiacum, & is far better now than he was a xii dayes sins. 1607 B. Jonson Volpone ii. ii. sig. Ev Ne yet, of Guacum one small stick, Sir, Nor Raymund Lullies greate Elixir. View more context for this quotation 1636 W. Davenant Witts iv. sig. G3v His Afflicted Female..feeds him with Buds of Guacum For his salad; and Pulpe of Salsa for His Bread. 1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. App. 386 Some of our eminentist English Doctors..have not scrupled of late years to use the strong and fetid chymical oyles of Amber and Guajacum. 1686 London Gaz. No. 2186/1. 12 Thousand Quintals of Cakau of Caracas and Gwakin. 1737 Compl. Family-piece (ed. 2) i. i. 20 Take Gum-Guaiacum 1 Ounce. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 47 Oils of guajacum, box, &c...are found heavier than water. 1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 199 The guaiacum, sarsaparilla, [etc.]..have all been supposed to be useful in the cure of scrophula. 4. attributive, as guaiacum-bark, guaiacum-lozenge, guaiacum-potion, guaiacum-resin, guaiacum-test, guaiacum-tree, guaiacum-wood. ΚΠ 1596 P. Barrough Method of Phisick (ed. 3) vi. xix. 375 The guaiacum potion is wont sometimes to worke that effect. 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. xiii. 65 The Boxe, the Oake, Guaiacan Tree, and such like. 1821 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs (ed. 2) ii. 40 Guiacum Bark. 1876 S. W. Gross Gross's Pract. Treat. Dis. Bladder (ed. 3) i. i. 31 The nature of the discharge can..be determined by..the guaiacum test of Dr. Day. 1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 599 Guaiacum lozenges. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1533 |
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