lightwoodn.¹

Brit.

/ˈlʌɪtwʊd/, U.S.

/ˈlaɪtˌwʊd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: light adj.¹, wood n.¹

Etymology: < light adj.¹ + wood n.¹

Now chiefly Australian.

Any of various trees so called from the lightness of their wood; (in later use) esp. the hickory wattle, Acacia implexa, and coachwood Ceratopetalum apetalum, which are native to Australia. Also: the wood of such a tree.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > names applied to various types of trees or shrubs

whitewood1562

yellowwood1583

lightwood1597

redwood1693

hoop-wood1756

stave-wood1778

whistle-wood1825

whip-cropa1850

pepperwood1858

white tree1863

1597 H. Clapham Bibliotheca Theologica (Gen. vi. 8–9) f. 14^v/2 The Arks stuffe is of Ghopher: the which word as Hebrues write is not once againe found in the Lord his Booke. Som do turne it, wood squared: som Cedar, Pynetre, Lightwood.

1699 L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. 95 A Tree about the bigness of an Elm, the Wood of which is very light, and we therefore call it Light-wood.

1843 J. Backhouse Narr. Visit Austral. Colonies iv. 48 Light-wood..derives this name from swimming in water, while the other woods of V.D. Land, except the pines, generally sink.

1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. Geoffry Hamlyn II. 193 A solitary dark-foliaged lightwood.

1928 H. C. Perry Son of Austral. 77 When accident overtook the orthodox bat they made excellent substitutes from the ‘lightwood’, which grew in the adjacent scrubs.

2005 C. Tudge Secret Life Trees ix. 179 Ceratopetalum apetalem, a..valuable timber tree from New South Wales, known as coachwood (or lightwood or scented satinwood).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

lightwoodn.²

Brit.

/ˈlʌɪtwʊd/, U.S.

/ˈlaɪtˌwʊd/

Forms: 1600s– lightwood; U.S. regional (chiefly southern) 1800s light'ud, 1800s– lighterd, 1800s– lightud, 1900s– lidard, 1900s– lider, 1900s– liderd, 1900s– light'ard, 1900s– light'ood, 1900s– lighter, 1900s– lighter'd, 1900s– lightered, 1900s– litered.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: light n.¹, wood n.¹; light v.², wood n.¹

Etymology: < either light n.¹ or perhaps light v.² + wood n.¹

†1. Any of various trees which have resinous wood and burn with a brilliant flame; spec. a torchwood of the genus Amyris. Obsolete.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding fuel or manure > [noun] > plants yielding firewood

lightwood1693

lignum rhodium1693

candle-wood1712

rosewood1756

grease-wood1845

grease-bush1860

torch-tree1862

amyrisc1865

torchwood1866

candle-bush1890

1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 620 The Lignum Rhodium Tree, called by the Planters of Barbados Lightwood.

1911 A. J. Morrison tr. J. D. Schöpf Trav. in Confederation 1783–4 II. 299 This torch-wood (light-wood) is a slender tree, its wood very resinous, fat, and black.

2. Chiefly U.S. regional (southern). Resinous wood typically used for burning and in the production of pitch or turpentine.

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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > wood as fuel > [noun]

woodc888

trouse978

stickc1175

spray1297

spraya1300

firewood1377

lopc1420

billet1465

buchette1507

bag-wood1525

bavin1573

brushment1591

brushwood1616

burning-wood1642

firebote1661

chump1680

lop-wood1693

brush1699

burn-wood1701

lightwood1705

shravel1732

billet-wood1759

hedge-wood1785

pine knot1791

1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia iii. iii. 12 They [sc. Indians] generally burn Pine, or Lightwood (that is, the fat knots of dead pine).

1857 Virginia Med. Jrnl. 8 6 I..found him suffering from a compound fracture..caused, as he alleged, by a blow from a knot of lightwood which had flown up and struck him on the mouth whilst he was attempting to split it.

1888 Cent. Mag. 29 880/2 The bright-blazing pitch-pine, called..‘lightwood’ at the South.

1917 Bull. Georgia State College Agric. July 6 The universal tie market in south Georgia gives an outlet for lightwood (wood of high resin content, usually the heartwood of longleaf or slash pine).

1984 N. Sweezy Raised in Clay (1994) 95 The regular stoneware firings to the highest temperatures took ten hours, 1½ cords of oak, and a wagonload of rich pine wood, called ‘lighter'd’.

2008 S. G. Pallardy Physiol. Woody Plants (ed. 3) viii. 227/1 The oleoresin is deposited in the sapwood, producing the resin-soaked wood known as lightwood, which is an important source of naval stores such as rosin and turpentine.

Compounds

General use as a modifier, chiefly in sense 2.

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1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 210 Indian Boys go in the Night..one holding a Lightwood Torch, the other has a Bow and Arrows.

1859 K. Cornwallis Panorama New World I. 176 The lightwood tree grew to a height of a hundred feet.

1894 Forest & Stream 24 Feb. 156/1 Their cheerful lightwood fire dried my soaked clothes and warmed my chilled limbs.

1982 Geogr. Rev. 72 429 A corner of a farm was marked by a tree stump. Lightwood stumps lasted a long time.

2015 N. Neddo Org. Artist iii. 72/2 You will have to excavate the soft punky wood away from the rot-resistant lightwood knots.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	lightwood
释义	lightwoodn.¹ Brit. /ˈlʌɪtwʊd/, U.S. /ˈlaɪtˌwʊd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: light adj.¹, wood n.¹ Etymology: < light adj.¹ + wood n.¹ Now chiefly Australian. Any of various trees so called from the lightness of their wood; (in later use) esp. the hickory wattle, Acacia implexa, and coachwood Ceratopetalum apetalum, which are native to Australia. Also: the wood of such a tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > names applied to various types of trees or shrubs whitewood1562 yellowwood1583 lightwood1597 redwood1693 hoop-wood1756 stave-wood1778 whistle-wood1825 whip-cropa1850 pepperwood1858 white tree1863 1597 H. Clapham Bibliotheca Theologica (Gen. vi. 8–9) f. 14^v/2 The Arks stuffe is of Ghopher: the which word as Hebrues write is not once againe found in the Lord his Booke. Som do turne it, wood squared: som Cedar, Pynetre, Lightwood. 1699 L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. 95 A Tree about the bigness of an Elm, the Wood of which is very light, and we therefore call it Light-wood. 1843 J. Backhouse Narr. Visit Austral. Colonies iv. 48 Light-wood..derives this name from swimming in water, while the other woods of V.D. Land, except the pines, generally sink. 1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. Geoffry Hamlyn II. 193 A solitary dark-foliaged lightwood. 1928 H. C. Perry Son of Austral. 77 When accident overtook the orthodox bat they made excellent substitutes from the ‘lightwood’, which grew in the adjacent scrubs. 2005 C. Tudge Secret Life Trees ix. 179 Ceratopetalum apetalem, a..valuable timber tree from New South Wales, known as coachwood (or lightwood or scented satinwood). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). lightwoodn.² Brit. /ˈlʌɪtwʊd/, U.S. /ˈlaɪtˌwʊd/ Forms: 1600s– lightwood; U.S. regional (chiefly southern) 1800s light'ud, 1800s– lighterd, 1800s– lightud, 1900s– lidard, 1900s– lider, 1900s– liderd, 1900s– light'ard, 1900s– light'ood, 1900s– lighter, 1900s– lighter'd, 1900s– lightered, 1900s– litered. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: light n.¹, wood n.¹; light v.², wood n.¹ Etymology: < either light n.¹ or perhaps light v.² + wood n.¹ †1. Any of various trees which have resinous wood and burn with a brilliant flame; spec. a torchwood of the genus Amyris. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding fuel or manure > [noun] > plants yielding firewood lightwood1693 lignum rhodium1693 candle-wood1712 rosewood1756 grease-wood1845 grease-bush1860 torch-tree1862 amyrisc1865 torchwood1866 candle-bush1890 1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 620 The Lignum Rhodium Tree, called by the Planters of Barbados Lightwood. 1911 A. J. Morrison tr. J. D. Schöpf Trav. in Confederation 1783–4 II. 299 This torch-wood (light-wood) is a slender tree, its wood very resinous, fat, and black. 2. Chiefly U.S. regional (southern). Resinous wood typically used for burning and in the production of pitch or turpentine. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > wood as fuel > [noun] woodc888 trouse978 stickc1175 spray1297 spraya1300 firewood1377 lopc1420 billet1465 buchette1507 bag-wood1525 bavin1573 brushment1591 brushwood1616 burning-wood1642 firebote1661 chump1680 lop-wood1693 brush1699 burn-wood1701 lightwood1705 shravel1732 billet-wood1759 hedge-wood1785 pine knot1791 1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia iii. iii. 12 They [sc. Indians] generally burn Pine, or Lightwood (that is, the fat knots of dead pine). 1857 Virginia Med. Jrnl. 8 6 I..found him suffering from a compound fracture..caused, as he alleged, by a blow from a knot of lightwood which had flown up and struck him on the mouth whilst he was attempting to split it. 1888 Cent. Mag. 29 880/2 The bright-blazing pitch-pine, called..‘lightwood’ at the South. 1917 Bull. Georgia State College Agric. July 6 The universal tie market in south Georgia gives an outlet for lightwood (wood of high resin content, usually the heartwood of longleaf or slash pine). 1984 N. Sweezy Raised in Clay (1994) 95 The regular stoneware firings to the highest temperatures took ten hours, 1½ cords of oak, and a wagonload of rich pine wood, called ‘lighter'd’. 2008 S. G. Pallardy Physiol. Woody Plants (ed. 3) viii. 227/1 The oleoresin is deposited in the sapwood, producing the resin-soaked wood known as lightwood, which is an important source of naval stores such as rosin and turpentine. Compounds General use as a modifier, chiefly in sense 2. ΚΠ 1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 210 Indian Boys go in the Night..one holding a Lightwood Torch, the other has a Bow and Arrows. 1859 K. Cornwallis Panorama New World I. 176 The lightwood tree grew to a height of a hundred feet. 1894 Forest & Stream 24 Feb. 156/1 Their cheerful lightwood fire dried my soaked clothes and warmed my chilled limbs. 1982 Geogr. Rev. 72 429 A corner of a farm was marked by a tree stump. Lightwood stumps lasted a long time. 2015 N. Neddo Org. Artist iii. 72/2 You will have to excavate the soft punky wood away from the rot-resistant lightwood knots. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.¹1597n.²1693
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lightwoodn.2

Compounds

lightwoodn.¹

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