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1. abura, n. View full entry 1921
...A tree of tropical West Africa, Mitragyna ciliata (family Rubiaceae), from which a soft pale wood is obtained; the wood of this tree, used esp. for furniture, flooring,...
2. abutting, adj. View full entry a1616
...That abuts; facing; adjacent, contiguous; neighbouring....
3. accouplement, n. View full entry 1483
...The action or fact of coupling one person or thing to another; union, pairing, mating. Also: an instance of this....
4. acer, n. View full entry 1567
...Any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer (family Sapindaceae), comprising the maples (see maple1); the wood of any of these trees or...
5. adze, v. View full entry 1744
...trans. To carve or cut (at, out, etc.) using an adze....
6. agba, n. View full entry 1908
...A large West African hardwood tree, Gossweilerodendron balsamiferum (family Fabaceae (Leguminosae)). Also: the pale-coloured, lightweight timber of this tree, used esp. for furniture....
7. agboin, n. View full entry 1920
...= dahoma...
8. agila, n. View full entry 1555
...The aromatic resin or (more fully agila wood) resinous wood from any of various trees of the genus Aquilaria; = aloe1. Cf. agalloch...
9. air, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...An atmosphere contaminated by noxious fumes, vapours, etc.; such contaminating fumes themselves; miasma. Now only (with qualifying adjective) merged in sense 2a....
10. alburnum, n. View full entry 1664
...The whiter, softer, and more recently formed wood of a tree, situated between the bark and the heartwood; the sapwood....
11. alder, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A European tree, Alnus glutinosa (family Betulaceae), common on riverbanks and damp woodland across the northern hemisphere, having rounded toothed leaves and bearing male catkins and woody female...
12. aldern, adj. and n. View full entry OE
...Of alder (the tree or the wood)....
13. alligator, n.2 View full entry 1591
...Any of various broad-snouted crocodilians constituting the family Alligatoridae, found chiefly in the New World and including the caimans; (now) spec. either of two members of the genus...
14. amarant(h), n. View full entry 1551
...An imaginary flower reputed never to fade; a fadeless flower (as a poetic conception). Also attrib....
15. amboyna (wood), n. View full entry 1866
...The wood of the Asiatic tree Pterospermum indicum (family Sterculiaceæ). Treasury Bot.1866....
16. angelina, n. View full entry 1663
...A genus of Leguminosæ, native chiefly to tropical America, comprising trees of moderate height, with showy purple flowers....
17. † angelique, n. View full entry 1660
...A species of guitar; = angelot3....
18. angle, n.2 View full entry a1325
...A corner of a room or other enclosed space, esp. viewed internally or as a retreating space; a recess, a nook. Also fig....
19. apple, n. View full entry eOE
...The round firm fruit (a pome) of any of various wild and cultivated trees of the genus Malus (see sense 4a), occurring in a wide variety of forms,...
20. arbutean, adj. View full entry a1706
...Of arbutus; made of arbutus wood....
