candle-woodn.

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

Etymology: < candle n. + wood n.¹ With sense 2 compare French bois de chandelle (1694, in the work translated in quot. 1712, or earlier).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcandle-wood.

1. Resinous wood, splinters of which are burned to give light.

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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > torch > [noun] > wooden

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1634 W. Wood New Eng. Prosp. (1865) 19 Out of these Pines is gotten the candlewood that is so much spoken of.

1650 Connecticut Publ. Rec. 1 214 No perticuler person..shall buy of the Indians..any timber, candlewood, or trees of any sorte.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Candlewood, slips of pine about the thickness of the finger, used in New England....to burn instead of candles.

1857 J. G. Holland Bay-path xv. 168 The Candle-wood blazed cheerfully upon the hearth.

2. A popular name of several trees which yield such wood: Californian C., Fouquiera splendens; Jamaica C., Gomphia guianensis; South American C., Sciadophyllum capitatum; White and Black C. (of the West Indies), Amyris balsamifera.

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

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1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 62 Besides the Candle-Wood [Fr. le bois de Chandelle], we have..a certain red Wood which they call Coral-Wood.

1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 208 White Candlewood, or Rose-wood... The younger trees are frequently cut for firewood..; they are full of resin, burn very freely and with a most agreeable smell.

1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	candle-wood
释义	candle-woodn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: candle n., wood n.¹ Etymology: < candle n. + wood n.¹ With sense 2 compare French bois de chandelle (1694, in the work translated in quot. 1712, or earlier).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcandle-wood. 1. Resinous wood, splinters of which are burned to give light. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > torch > [noun] > wooden brandc1385 tede1562 pine1592 candle-wood1634 pine knot1662 splinter1751 pitch knot1792 split1892 1634 W. Wood New Eng. Prosp. (1865) 19 Out of these Pines is gotten the candlewood that is so much spoken of. 1650 Connecticut Publ. Rec. 1 214 No perticuler person..shall buy of the Indians..any timber, candlewood, or trees of any sorte. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Candlewood, slips of pine about the thickness of the finger, used in New England....to burn instead of candles. 1857 J. G. Holland Bay-path xv. 168 The Candle-wood blazed cheerfully upon the hearth. 2. A popular name of several trees which yield such wood: Californian C., Fouquiera splendens; Jamaica C., Gomphia guianensis; South American C., Sciadophyllum capitatum; White and Black C. (of the West Indies), Amyris balsamifera. 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 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 62 Besides the Candle-Wood [Fr. le bois de Chandelle], we have..a certain red Wood which they call Coral-Wood. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 208 White Candlewood, or Rose-wood... The younger trees are frequently cut for firewood..; they are full of resin, burn very freely and with a most agreeable smell. 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1634
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