单词 | cam-wood |
释义 | cam-woodn. The hard red wood of Baphia nitida (family Leguminosæ), imported from West Africa, and used for dyeing, and in turning and cabinet-making; called also barwood n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > woods of specific colour or dye-woods 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 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > African shittima1382 citrus1555 cam-wood1699 jacaranda1753 kokerboom1774 quiver tree1789 geelhout1790 rooihout1790 yellowwood1790 mat-wood1792 assegai1793 assegai tree1793 hardpear1801 rooi els1801 argan1809 beaver-wood1810 mat tree1812 saffraan1819 salie1819 sneezewood1834 African teak1842 hyawaballi1851 sage-wood1854 mvule1858 til1858 yari-yari1858 cannibal stinkwood1859 kiaat1862 knobwood1862 milkwood1862 tryssil1862 sulphur-tree1863 khaya1864 cailcedra1866 flat-crown1868 umzimbeet1870 kuka1882 odum1887 iroko1890 opepe1891 Natal mahogany1904 muhimbi1906 obeche1906 agba1908 makoré1915 afara1920 agboin1920 abura1921 podo1922 afrormosia1923 guarea1936 Mansonia1936 dahoma1955 utile1956 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. ii. 58 At Cherburg near Sierra-Leone..there is Camwood; which is much like Blood-wood if not the same. 1701 London Gaz. No. 3758/8 Cam Wood and Elephant's Teeth, lately cast away upon the Goodwin Sands. 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. 1876 R. F. Burton Two Trips Gorilla Land I. 257 Corisco had long been celebrated for cam-wood..yielding a better red than Brazil. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1699 |
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