单词 | braziletto |
释义 | braziletton. One or more species of dyewood, inferior to Brazil-wood, imported from Jamaica and adjacent islands ( Cæsalpinia brasiliensis and crista; now generally referred to a distinct genus Peltophorum). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > trees or shrubs yielding dyes > [noun] > brazil trees or wood Brazilc1386 Pernambuco1595 sapan1598 braziletto1656 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > brazil or braziletto Brazilc1386 verzine1558 verzino1588 braziletto1656 Jamaica wood1656 Lima-wood1864 hypernic1897 1656 Cromwell's Bk. Rates, Woods Brazeletto or Jamaica wood. 1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 22 Abundant plenty of choice Timber trees and Wood for the Dyer's use, as Fustick, Brasiletta. 1686 London Gaz. No. 2186/1 12 thousand pounds of Brazilette wood. a1757 P. H. Bruce Memoirs (1782) xii. 418 Two negroes..at work for their master in the woods, cutting brazilletta. 1789 Act 27 Geo. III xiii. Sched. at Wood Brazilletto or Jamaica Wood for dyers. 1868 Treasury Bot. 858 Peltophorum Linnæi, otherwise called Cæsalpinia brasiliensis yields the orange-coloured dyewood..Braziletto-wood. The wood of P. Vogelianum, which is a native of Brazil, is also called Braziletto or Sobrazil. 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Cæsalpinia crista, Bahama Braziletto. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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