hackian.

Brit.

/ˈhakɪə/, U.S.

/ˈhækiə/

Forms: 1700s hakkia, 1700s 1900s– hakia, 1800s hackea, 1800s– hackia, 1900s– hackya, 1900s– hakkea, 1900s– hakya.

Origin: A borrowing from Arawak. Etymon: Arawak haküya.

Etymology: < Arawak haküya, denoting hardwood trees of the genus Handroanthus, typically used for making tool handles.In forms ending in -ia perhaps with remodelling after -ia suffix¹, by association with plant names of scientific Latin origin.

In or with reference to Guyana: any of several kinds of dense, heavy wood; spec. that of the forest tree Ixora ferrea (family Rubiaceae) or of trees of the genus Handroanthus (family Bignoniaceae); esp. (in later use) in hackia stick. Also: a tree from which such wood is obtained.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other vegetable materials > plant resin > [noun] > other plant resins

aloesOE

elemi1543

agila1555

copal1577

lycium1597

aloe wood1599

lignum vitae1611

caraña1616

sticklac1659

guaiacum1663

copaiba1712

copahu1736

hackiac1790

guaiac1811

agar1813

ulmin1817

acouchi1818

helleborin1840

piney resin1851

gurjun1858

icican1865

sumbul balsam1868

amyrin1876

jojoba oil1975

jojoba1989

c1790 M. Houttuyn Icones Lignorum XI. Tab. lxvi. (caption) Hakia Wood brittle as the Lignum Vitæ [corrigenda Hakia is firm and weighty as the Guayac Wood].

1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. 5 The green-heart, famous for its hardness and durability; the hackea, for its toughness; the ducalabali, surpassing mahogany.

1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 983/2 Hackia, lignum vitæ, transverse and vertical sections, from River Demerara.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Hackia, a wood..used for mill cogs and shafts.

1872 Coolie Riots in Essequebo Introd. p. i A body of male Coolies, about two hundred and fifty strong, armed with hackia sticks..ranged themselves in battle array across the entrance to the estate.

1898 H. Kirke Twenty-five Years in Brit. Guiana Gloss. 350/2 Hackia-stick, stick made of hackia; any long hard stick.

1902 Minutes Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 147 345 True lignum vitae is not plentiful in British Guiana, and is often confounded with hackia (Siderodendron triflorum), which is equally hard, close-grained and heavy, and grows abundantly in the Colony.

1969 S. M. Sadeek Windswept & Other Stories 36 The dark East Indian..flicked a piece of paper before him with his hackia stick.

2002 J. de Barros Order & Place in Colonial City iv. 92 In both British Guiana and Trinidad, the marchers included men carrying sticks (in British Guiana, these were often hackia sticks).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	hackia
释义	hackian. Brit. /ˈhakɪə/, U.S. /ˈhækiə/ Forms: 1700s hakkia, 1700s 1900s– hakia, 1800s hackea, 1800s– hackia, 1900s– hackya, 1900s– hakkea, 1900s– hakya. Origin: A borrowing from Arawak. Etymon: Arawak haküya. Etymology: < Arawak haküya, denoting hardwood trees of the genus Handroanthus, typically used for making tool handles.In forms ending in -ia perhaps with remodelling after -ia suffix¹, by association with plant names of scientific Latin origin. In or with reference to Guyana: any of several kinds of dense, heavy wood; spec. that of the forest tree Ixora ferrea (family Rubiaceae) or of trees of the genus Handroanthus (family Bignoniaceae); esp. (in later use) in hackia stick. Also: a tree from which such wood is obtained. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other vegetable materials > plant resin > [noun] > other plant resins aloesOE elemi1543 agila1555 copal1577 lycium1597 aloe wood1599 lignum vitae1611 caraña1616 sticklac1659 guaiacum1663 copaiba1712 copahu1736 hackiac1790 guaiac1811 agar1813 ulmin1817 acouchi1818 helleborin1840 piney resin1851 gurjun1858 icican1865 sumbul balsam1868 amyrin1876 jojoba oil1975 jojoba1989 c1790 M. Houttuyn Icones Lignorum XI. Tab. lxvi. (caption) Hakia Wood brittle as the Lignum Vitæ [corrigenda Hakia is firm and weighty as the Guayac Wood]. 1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. 5 The green-heart, famous for its hardness and durability; the hackea, for its toughness; the ducalabali, surpassing mahogany. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 983/2 Hackia, lignum vitæ, transverse and vertical sections, from River Demerara. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Hackia, a wood..used for mill cogs and shafts. 1872 Coolie Riots in Essequebo Introd. p. i A body of male Coolies, about two hundred and fifty strong, armed with hackia sticks..ranged themselves in battle array across the entrance to the estate. 1898 H. Kirke Twenty-five Years in Brit. Guiana Gloss. 350/2 Hackia-stick, stick made of hackia; any long hard stick. 1902 Minutes Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 147 345 True lignum vitae is not plentiful in British Guiana, and is often confounded with hackia (Siderodendron triflorum), which is equally hard, close-grained and heavy, and grows abundantly in the Colony. 1969 S. M. Sadeek Windswept & Other Stories 36 The dark East Indian..flicked a piece of paper before him with his hackia stick. 2002 J. de Barros Order & Place in Colonial City iv. 92 In both British Guiana and Trinidad, the marchers included men carrying sticks (in British Guiana, these were often hackia sticks). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1790
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