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单词 pockwood
释义 ˈpockwood Obs.
[f. pock n. + wood n.]
The wood of a tree of the genus Guaiacum, formerly used for the cure of syphilis; = guaiacum 2, lignum vitæ 2: cf. pock-tree in pock n. 4. b. attrib. pockwood-tree: = guaiacum 1, lignum vitæ 1.
1590J. Hester French-Pockes ⁋iij b, Lignum Guaiacum, commonly called Pockwood.1600J. Pory tr. Leo's Africa ix. 357 That wood..is used by the African phisicians for the curing of the French poxe, whereupon it is commonly called by the name of pock-wood.1678Phillips (ed. 4), Pockwood-tree,..an Indian Tree, the Wood whereof is brought over in great quantities, by reason of its great virtue, and use in Physick.1718Quincy Compl. Disp. 103 Holy-wood, or Pock-wood is the Wood of a Tree that grows very tall in the East-Indies.1764Grainger Sugar Cane i. 37 note, The lignum vitæ or pockwood-tree.
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