barwoodn.
/ˈbɑːwʊd/ A red wood imported from the Gaboon and adjacent parts of Africa, used chiefly for dyeing purposes, and also for ramrods and violin bows. It is the produce of the Baphita nitida.
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red sandalwood?c1510
redwooda1533
whitewood1562
red sanderswood1598
sapan wood1598
peach woodc1638
Campeachy wood1652
coral-wood1693
Nicaragua wood1696
cam-wood1699
Guinea wood1722
Nicaragua1756
barwood1788
ruby wood1843
sap pan1874
1788 T. Clarkson Ess. Impolicy Afr. Slave Trade 7 The first African woods, that were known to be objects of commercial importance, were Camwood and Barwood.
1861 P. B. Du Chaillu Explor. Equatorial Afr. x. 121 The bar-wood of commerce is the heart or main part of the trunk.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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