sissoon.

Brit.

/ˈsɪsuː/, U.S.

/ˈsɪˌsu/

Forms: 1700s– sissoo, 1800s seesoo, 1800s seesu, 1800s sisso, 1800s– sissu, 1800s– sisoo, 1800s– sisu.

Origin: A borrowing from Panjabi. Etymon: Panjabi sissū.

Etymology: < Panjabi sissū < Sanskrit śiṁśapā , further etymology uncertain. Compare shisham n.

1. The tough, decorative wood of a South Asian tree of the genus Dalbergia (see sense 2), much used esp. for furniture; Indian rosewood. Also called shisham.

ΚΠ

1790 Calcutta Chron. 14 Jan. To be sold..A Clinker built Cutter..with her Stores.—Built about two yeare ago, of the best Sissoo.

1810 T. Williamson E. India Vade-mecum II. 71 Sissoo is, of late, more employed than formerly for the frame, ribs, knees, &c. of ships.

1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 162 The beams too of the houses, if not of bamboo, sissoo, or teak, are not safe from their devastating fangs.

1874 J. L. Stewart & D. Brandis Forest Flora N.-W. & Central India 150 Sissoo is very elastic, it seasons well, does not warp or split, and takes a fine polish.

1920 Nature 29 July 692/2 Amongst the exhibits were..a drawing-room in sissoo (Dalbergia Sissoo).

2001 S. McGrail Boats of World iii. 69/1 In the first century ad teaklogs and baulks, and logs of sissoo and ebony were imported from the west coast of India to the Persian Gulf.

2. A deciduous tree, Dalbergia sissoo (family Fabaceae ( Faboideae)), of southern Asia and the Middle East, or (in later use) a related tree, D. latifolia, of south-eastern India, from which shisham or sissoo wood is obtained.

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1810 T. Williamson E. India Vade-mecum II. 71 This, which is called the sissoo, grows in most of the great forests, intermixed with the saul.

1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. II. 340 (note) The Cuttack forests are composed of teak, Sal, Sissoo, ebony,..and other trees of a dry soil.

1876 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 318 Studded here and there with tall clumps of sâl and sissu.

1921 R. S. Troup Silviculture Indian Trees I. 294 The sissoo is used in the tea-gardens of Dehra Dun as a shade tree and fertilizer for the tea-bushes.

2005 C. Tudge Secret Life Trees ix. 185 D[albergia] sissoo, known as the sissoo or shisham, is native to the gravelly foothills of the Indian Himalayas.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

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1874 J. L. Stewart & D. Brandis Forest Flora N.-W. & Central India 150 Supplies of large Sissoo logs.

1905 C. C. Hatt Working-plan Reserved Forests Buxa Div. i. iv. 7 There is at present a limited demand for good class sissu timber for the Calcutta market.

1938 C. G. Trevor in H. G. Champion & C. G. Trevor Man. Indian Silviculture ii. viii. 339 It is the standard practice to underplant the original sissu crop with mulberry after the first thinning in the sixth year has been carried out.

1999 K. Sivaramakrishnan Mod. Forests iii. 109 Wallich advocated sissoo plantations where timber trees would be planted at thirty-foot intervals.

2004 India (Insight Guides) (ed. 7) 20/2 The wet Karnataka plateau has dense sandal, teak and sissu forests.

C2.

sissoo tree n. = sense 2.

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1810 T. Williamson E. India Vade-mecum II. 72 Some sissoo-trees grow to a great weight.

1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 358 The Governor-General..wore his head as high as a seesu-tree.

1957 Bull. School Oriental & Afr. Stud. 19 319 The sissoo tree was well-known in the Near East at the beginning of our era.

2005 M. R. Dove in S. Paulson & L. L. Gezon Polit. Ecol. across Spaces, Scales, & Social Groups xii. 227 The third dimension of tree shade is temperature... Thus, it ‘feels cold’ under a sissoo tree,..while it ‘feels hot’ under a tamarisk.

sissoo wood n. = sense 1.

ΚΠ

1793 Asiatic Mirror 9 Oct. To be sold..A pair of Sissoo-wood Chest of Drawers and Cloaths Press.

1874 J. L. Stewart & D. Brandis Forest Flora N.-W. & Central India 150 Sisso wood is esteemed highly for all purposes where strength and elasticity are required.

1902 J. S. Gamble Man. Indian Timbers (new ed.) Introd. p. x All these forests are worked for country supply, only a small proportion of the Sál and Sissu wood being utilized in railway construction and other public works.

2008 Antiquity 82 930/2 The carbonised remains most often reflect the use of sissoo wood as fuel.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sissoo
释义	sissoon. Brit. /ˈsɪsuː/, U.S. /ˈsɪˌsu/ Forms: 1700s– sissoo, 1800s seesoo, 1800s seesu, 1800s sisso, 1800s– sissu, 1800s– sisoo, 1800s– sisu. Origin: A borrowing from Panjabi. Etymon: Panjabi sissū. Etymology: < Panjabi sissū < Sanskrit śiṁśapā , further etymology uncertain. Compare shisham n. 1. The tough, decorative wood of a South Asian tree of the genus Dalbergia (see sense 2), much used esp. for furniture; Indian rosewood. Also called shisham. ΚΠ 1790 Calcutta Chron. 14 Jan. To be sold..A Clinker built Cutter..with her Stores.—Built about two yeare ago, of the best Sissoo. 1810 T. Williamson E. India Vade-mecum II. 71 Sissoo is, of late, more employed than formerly for the frame, ribs, knees, &c. of ships. 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 162 The beams too of the houses, if not of bamboo, sissoo, or teak, are not safe from their devastating fangs. 1874 J. L. Stewart & D. Brandis Forest Flora N.-W. & Central India 150 Sissoo is very elastic, it seasons well, does not warp or split, and takes a fine polish. 1920 Nature 29 July 692/2 Amongst the exhibits were..a drawing-room in sissoo (Dalbergia Sissoo). 2001 S. McGrail Boats of World iii. 69/1 In the first century ad teaklogs and baulks, and logs of sissoo and ebony were imported from the west coast of India to the Persian Gulf. 2. A deciduous tree, Dalbergia sissoo (family Fabaceae ( Faboideae)), of southern Asia and the Middle East, or (in later use) a related tree, D. latifolia, of south-eastern India, from which shisham or sissoo wood is obtained. 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Williamson E. India Vade-mecum II. 71 This, which is called the sissoo, grows in most of the great forests, intermixed with the saul. 1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. II. 340 (note) The Cuttack forests are composed of teak, Sal, Sissoo, ebony,..and other trees of a dry soil. 1876 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 318 Studded here and there with tall clumps of sâl and sissu. 1921 R. S. Troup Silviculture Indian Trees I. 294 The sissoo is used in the tea-gardens of Dehra Dun as a shade tree and fertilizer for the tea-bushes. 2005 C. Tudge Secret Life Trees ix. 185 D[albergia] sissoo, known as the sissoo or shisham, is native to the gravelly foothills of the Indian Himalayas. Compounds C1. General attributive. ΚΠ 1874 J. L. Stewart & D. Brandis Forest Flora N.-W. & Central India 150 Supplies of large Sissoo logs. 1905 C. C. Hatt Working-plan Reserved Forests Buxa Div. i. iv. 7 There is at present a limited demand for good class sissu timber for the Calcutta market. 1938 C. G. Trevor in H. G. Champion & C. G. Trevor Man. Indian Silviculture ii. viii. 339 It is the standard practice to underplant the original sissu crop with mulberry after the first thinning in the sixth year has been carried out. 1999 K. Sivaramakrishnan Mod. Forests iii. 109 Wallich advocated sissoo plantations where timber trees would be planted at thirty-foot intervals. 2004 India (Insight Guides) (ed. 7) 20/2 The wet Karnataka plateau has dense sandal, teak and sissu forests. C2. sissoo tree n. = sense 2. ΚΠ 1810 T. Williamson E. India Vade-mecum II. 72 Some sissoo-trees grow to a great weight. 1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 358 The Governor-General..wore his head as high as a seesu-tree. 1957 Bull. School Oriental & Afr. Stud. 19 319 The sissoo tree was well-known in the Near East at the beginning of our era. 2005 M. R. Dove in S. Paulson & L. L. Gezon Polit. Ecol. across Spaces, Scales, & Social Groups xii. 227 The third dimension of tree shade is temperature... Thus, it ‘feels cold’ under a sissoo tree,..while it ‘feels hot’ under a tamarisk. sissoo wood n. = sense 1. ΚΠ 1793 Asiatic Mirror 9 Oct. To be sold..A pair of Sissoo-wood Chest of Drawers and Cloaths Press. 1874 J. L. Stewart & D. Brandis Forest Flora N.-W. & Central India 150 Sisso wood is esteemed highly for all purposes where strength and elasticity are required. 1902 J. S. Gamble Man. Indian Timbers (new ed.) Introd. p. x All these forests are worked for country supply, only a small proportion of the Sál and Sissu wood being utilized in railway construction and other public works. 2008 Antiquity 82 930/2 The carbonised remains most often reflect the use of sissoo wood as fuel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1790
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