Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
kingwood . - noun See
myall . - noun The wood of a leguminous tree of Guiana, Copaifera bracteata.
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Examples
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The floor was of polished oak, dark with age; the chairs and tables were of rare foreign woods, satin and leopard wood, violet-wood and ebony.
Geoffrey Strong Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896
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Above the bed, in an imitation violet-wood frame, hung a daguerreotype of a man.
Germinie Lacerteux Edmond de Goncourt 1859
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