Aloes wood () See Agalloch. |
Amboyna wood () A beautiful mottled and curled wood, used in cabinetwork. It is obtained from the Pterocarpus Indicus of Amboyna, Borneo, etc. |
Angostura bark () An aromatic bark used as a tonic, obtained from a South American of the rue family (Galipea cusparia, / officinalis). |
Angustura bark () See Angostura bark. |
Bark (v. t.) To strip the bark from |
Bark (v. t.) To abrade or rub off any outer covering from |
Bark (v. t.) To girdle. See Girdle, v. t., 3. |
Bark (v. t.) To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark |
Bark (v. i.) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs |
Bark (v. i.) To make a clamor |
Bark (n.) The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog |
Bark (n.) Alt. of Barque |
Bark beetle () A small beetle of many species (family Scolytidae), which in the larval state bores under or in the bark of trees, often doing great damage. |
Bark louse () An insect of the family Coccidae, which infests the bark of trees and vines. |
Bethabara wood () A highly elastic wood, used for fishing rods, etc. The tree is unknown, but it is thought to be East Indian. |
Brazil wood () The wood of the oriental Caesalpinia Sapan |
Brazil wood () A very heavy wood of a reddish color, imported from Brazil and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for dyeing. The best is the heartwood of Caesalpinia echinata, a leguminous tree |
Calamander wood () A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a species of ebony, and is obtained from the Diospyros quaesita. Called also Coromandel wood. |
Calisaya bark () A valuable kind of Peruvian bark obtained from the Cinchona Calisaya, and other closely related species. |
Campeachy Wood () Logwood. |
Cocus wood () A West Indian wood, used for making flutes and other musical instruments. |
Gopher wood () A species of wood used in the construction of Noah's ark. |
Kiabooca wood () See Kyaboca wood. |
Kyaboca wood () Amboyna wood. |
Kyaboca wood () Sandalwood (Santalum album). |
Lace-bark (n.) A shrub in the West Indies (Lagetta Iintearia) |
Lingoa wood () Amboyna wood. |
Mancona bark () See Sassy bark. |
Myall wood () A durable, fragrant, and dark-colored Australian wood, used by the natives for spears. It is obtained from the small tree Acacia homolophylla. |
Nicaragua wood () Brazil wood. |
Nine-bark (n.) A white-flowered rosaceous shrub (Neillia, / Spiraea, opulifolia), common in the Northern United States. The bark separates into many thin layers, whence the name. |
Omander wood () The wood of Diospyros ebenaster, a kind of ebony found in Ceylon. |
Pocket (n.) A bag or pouch |
Pocket (n.) One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into which the balls are driven. |
Pocket (n.) A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as ginger, hops, cowries, etc. |
Pocket (n.) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like. |
Pocket (n.) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral |
Pocket (n.) A hole containing water. |
Pocket (n.) A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace. |
Pocket (n.) Same as Pouch. |
Pocket (v. t.) To put, or conceal, in the pocket |
Pocket (v. t.) To take clandestinely or fraudulently. |
Quillaia bark () The bark of a rosaceous tree (Quillaja Saponaria), native of Chili. The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with alkaline substances, and is used commonly by the Chilians instead of soap. Also called soap bark. |
Rosetta wood () An east Indian wood of a reddish orange color, handsomely veined with darker marks. It is occasionally used for cabinetwork. |
Sapan wood () A dyewood yielded by Caesalpinia Sappan, a thorny leguminous tree of Southern Asia and the neighboring islands. It is the original Brazil wood. |
Sappan wood () Sapan wood. |
Sassy bark () The bark of a West African leguminous tree (Erythrophlaeum Guineense, used by the natives as an ordeal poison, and also medicinally |
Sea wood louse () A sea slater. |
Shittim wood (n.) The wood of the shittah tree. |
Thyine wood () The fragrant and beautiful wood of a North African tree (Callitris quadrivalvis), formerly called Thuja articulata. The tree is of the Cedar family, and furnishes a balsamic resin called sandarach. |