Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dyewood obtained from Nicaragua, similar to brazil-wood, and perhaps from the same tree. Also called
Nicaragua wood .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A tropical tree
Caesalpinia echinata , having a prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry. - noun The heavy red wood of the
Caesalpinia echinata ; brazilwood; pernambuco wood.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry
- noun tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry
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Examples
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Is a coarse kind of lake, produced by dyeing chalk or whitening with decoction of Brazil wood, peachwood, sapan, bar, camwood, &c.
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field
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Another plan which has been followed is to give the wool a bottom with 5 to 6 lb. of camwood or peachwood, then mordanting and dyeing us usual.
The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics Franklin Beech
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Andrew Osborne of Eagle Smoked Salmon offers pepper, dill, pastrami and plain salmon smoked over a peachwood fire.
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