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ˈeagle-wood
Also 8 agal-wood.
[transl. F. bois d'aigle, Pg. pao d'aguila, a perversion of Malayālam aγil, or some other vernacular form of Skr. aguru (Yule). Cf. agalloch.]
Another name for agalloch or calambac, q.v.
[1516Barbosa (Lisbon) 393 (Y.) Aguila, cada Farazola de 300 a 400 (fanams).] 1712tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 59 The Portuguese call it Eagle-wood. 1774Niebuhr Des. de l'Arabie xxxiv. (Y.) Un bois nommé par les Anglois Agal⁓wood, et par les Indiens de Bombay Agar. 1854Hooker Himal. Jrnls. (1855) II. 318 (Y.) The eagle-wood..is much sought for its fragrant wood. 1864Sat. Rev. 9 July 67 Trees containing the eagle-wood, resins, and dye-woods. 1871Alabaster Wheel of Law 86 A second [palace] of nine stories, constructed entirely of eagle-wood. |