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Lancewood

noun
1.
Durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for building and cabinetwork and tools.
2.
Source of most of the lancewood of commerce.  Synonyms: lancewood tree, Oxandra lanceolata.





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"Lancewood" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the village folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That couldn't be split nor bent nor broke—— That was for spokes and floor and sills; He sent for lancewood to make the thills; The crossbars were ash, from the straightest trees, The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these; The hubs of logs from the "Settler's ellum"—— Last of ...
— Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor - Volume I • Various


Words linked to "Lancewood" :   wood, tree, Oxandra lanceolata


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