porkwoodn.

Brit.

/ˈpɔːkwʊd/, U.S.

/ˈpɔrkˌwʊd/

Forms: 1800s pork-wood, 1800s– porkwood, 1900s– pork wood.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pork n.¹, wood n.¹

Etymology: < pork n.¹ + wood n.¹ In sense 1 perhaps as a calque on Afrikaans spekhout in this sense (see below). With sense 2 compare beef-wood n., perhaps with allusion to the open structure of the wood in cross-section.Afrikaans spekhout is a variant of speekhout , lit. ‘spoke wood’ (compare spoke-wood n. at spoke n. Compounds 2); it has been suggested that this form originated in a misapprehension of the first element of this compound as spek bacon, pork (see speck n.⁴); see further quot. 1972 at sense 1.

1. The wild peach tree Kiggellaria africana (family Flacourtiaceae) of southern Africa. rare.

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1875 Handbk. S. Afr. (S. W. Silver & Co.) 125 In these kloofs grow..the Spechout, or Porkwood.

1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 381 Porkwood, Kiggelaria africana,..the wood of which is soft and spongy.

1966 C. A. Smith Common Names of S. Afr. Plants 587/2 Kiggelaria africana..Porkwood, Red ebony, Red ivory, Spokewood.

1972 Trees Southern Afr. III. lxxiii. 1542 The name ‘porkwood’ is based on a fallacy. It is a direct translation of the Afrikaans ‘spekhout’, in itself a misnomer, ‘speekhout’—according to C. A. Smith—being the correct name... ‘Speekhout’ means ‘spoke wood’, and was given because the wood was once much used for wagon spokes.

2. Any of several shrubby trees of the genus Pisonia (family Nyctaginaceae) of the West Indies and Florida; (also) the wood of such a tree.

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1884 C. S. Sargent Rep. Forests N. Amer. 117 Pisonia obtusata... Pigeon Wood. Beef Wood. Cork Wood. Pork Wood. Semi-tropical Florida, cape Canaveral to the southern keys; through the West Indies.

1885 C. S. Sargent Woods of United States 67 Pisona obtusata... Pigeon-wood... Pork-wood. Semi-tropical Florida,—Cape Canaveral to the southern keys; in the West Indies.

1979 E. L. Little Checklist U. S. Trees 141 Guapira discolor... Other common names—Brace blolly, roundleaf blolly, beeftree, beefwood, porkwood, pigeonwood.

2003 All Hands (Nexis) 1 Mar. 9 I also wouldn't have believed I was going to do 14 years in the Navy. I saw myself chopping pork wood the rest of my life.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	porkwood
释义	porkwoodn. Brit. /ˈpɔːkwʊd/, U.S. /ˈpɔrkˌwʊd/ Forms: 1800s pork-wood, 1800s– porkwood, 1900s– pork wood. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pork n.¹, wood n.¹ Etymology: < pork n.¹ + wood n.¹ In sense 1 perhaps as a calque on Afrikaans spekhout in this sense (see below). With sense 2 compare beef-wood n., perhaps with allusion to the open structure of the wood in cross-section.Afrikaans spekhout is a variant of speekhout , lit. ‘spoke wood’ (compare spoke-wood n. at spoke n. Compounds 2); it has been suggested that this form originated in a misapprehension of the first element of this compound as spek bacon, pork (see speck n.⁴); see further quot. 1972 at sense 1. 1. The wild peach tree Kiggellaria africana (family Flacourtiaceae) of southern Africa. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > African trees or shrubs > [noun] > other African trees or shrubs keurboom1731 silver-tree1731 witteboom1799 Hottentot's bean1801 melkhouta1823 monkey apple1824 witgatboom1824 Hottentot's bean tree1833 spek-boom1834 mopane1854 Welwitschia1862 ambatch1863 miombo1864 pith tree1864 porkwood1875 tree purslane1882 buffalo-horn1887 monkey guava1887 bush willow1917 melkboom1917 msasa1923 rooibos1932 miraa1945 ovangkol1972 pigeon wood1972 tambotie1973 1875 Handbk. S. Afr. (S. W. Silver & Co.) 125 In these kloofs grow..the Spechout, or Porkwood. 1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 381 Porkwood, Kiggelaria africana,..the wood of which is soft and spongy. 1966 C. A. Smith Common Names of S. Afr. Plants 587/2 Kiggelaria africana..Porkwood, Red ebony, Red ivory, Spokewood. 1972 Trees Southern Afr. III. lxxiii. 1542 The name ‘porkwood’ is based on a fallacy. It is a direct translation of the Afrikaans ‘spekhout’, in itself a misnomer, ‘speekhout’—according to C. A. Smith—being the correct name... ‘Speekhout’ means ‘spoke wood’, and was given because the wood was once much used for wagon spokes. 2. Any of several shrubby trees of the genus Pisonia (family Nyctaginaceae) of the West Indies and Florida; (also) the wood of such a tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > South American and West Indian trees or shrubs > [noun] > others persea1601 mahoe1666 poison berry1672 white mangrove1683 maiden plum1696 angelin1704 garlic-pear1725 milkwood-tree1725 Jack-in-the-box1735 cherimoya1736 rattle bush1750 galapee1756 genip1756 lace bark1756 sunfruit1787 wild orange1802 hog-nut1814 mountain pride1814 savannah wattle1814 mora1825 rubber tree1826 mayflower1837 bastard manchineel1838 long john1838 seringa1847 sack tree1849 jumbie tree1860 jumbie bean1862 king-tree1863 gauze-tree1864 mountain green1864 snowdrop tree1864 strong bark1864 switch-sorrel1864 candle-tree1866 maypole1866 angelique1873 poisonwood1884 porkwood1884 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [noun] > other North American trees or shrubs black-gum1709 white gum1709 red fir1722 Quebec oak1768 Pennsylvania fir tree1770 Pennsylvania dwarf mountain maple1785 Pennsylvania mountain laurel1785 pepperbush1785 pepperbush1785 southern pine1796 titi1827 palo blanco1829 mock orange1860 palo fierro1860 mountain laurel1866 Joshua1867 red cedar1872 porkwood1884 guajillo1886 mountain balm1924 1884 C. S. Sargent Rep. Forests N. Amer. 117 Pisonia obtusata... Pigeon Wood. Beef Wood. Cork Wood. Pork Wood. Semi-tropical Florida, cape Canaveral to the southern keys; through the West Indies. 1885 C. S. Sargent Woods of United States 67 Pisona obtusata... Pigeon-wood... Pork-wood. Semi-tropical Florida,—Cape Canaveral to the southern keys; in the West Indies. 1979 E. L. Little Checklist U. S. Trees 141 Guapira discolor... Other common names—Brace blolly, roundleaf blolly, beeftree, beefwood, porkwood, pigeonwood. 2003 All Hands (Nexis) 1 Mar. 9 I also wouldn't have believed I was going to do 14 years in the Navy. I saw myself chopping pork wood the rest of my life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1875
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