Lignum-vitae

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A tree (Guaiacum officinale) found in the warm latitudes of America, from which the guaiacum of medicine is procured. Its wood is very hard and heavy, and is used for various mechanical purposes, as for the wheels of ships' blocks, cogs, bearings, and the like. ·see Guaiacum.

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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
lignum
lignum, i, n. [prob. root leg-, v. 2. lĕgo; that which is gathered, i. e. for firewood], wood (firew...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
lignum
līgnum ī, n 1 LEG-, gathered wood, firewood (only in plur.): ligna circumdare, ignem subicere: ign...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
lignum
1), or Lignum-Vitae, n. The name is applied to several trees, as Myrtusacmenioides, F. v. M., calle...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
arbor vitae
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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·- The fragrant wood of several shrubs and trees, especially of species of Rhodorhiza from the Canar...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
lignum vitæ
♦ Guaiacum officinale. A West Indian tree, of the wood of which sheaves of blocks are made. It was a...

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