sandalwoodn.adj.
1. A scented wood obtained from several species of Santalum; also, an inodorous dye-wood, Pterocarpus santalinus, red sanders n. white sandalwood is obtained from S. album, a tree resembling the myrtle, found on the Malabar coast. citron or yellow sandalwood is from S. Freycinetianum, found in the South Sea Islands. red sandalwood = red sanders n. (see also 2 below).
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > trees or shrubs yielding dyes > [noun] > red sanders tree or wood
sandalwood?c1510
red sanders1553
red sandal tree1822
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > plants and extracts used for > woods and barks
sandalwood?c1510
exilila1517
sandal1526
Aspalathus1601
Jew frankincense1678
malambo1816
lign-aloes1859
?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. Bi Whyte & red sandelen wodde.
1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. vii. 295 There is great plentie of ciuet and Sandall-wood.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 112 Sandle wood, which is of a yellowish colour, and has a most agreeable smell.
a1822 P. B. Shelley Witch of Atlas xxvii, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 38 While on her hearth lay blazing many a piece Of sandal wood, rare gums and cinnamon.
1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 787 The Sandal-wood of the Sandwich Islands is the wood of Santalum Freycinetianum and paniculatum.
2. Applied, usually with distinguishing epithet, to trees of other genera, which produce a wood often used as a substitute for the true sandalwood.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > characterized by fragrant wood > sandalwood tree
sanders1613
sanders tree1640
iliahi1825
sandalwood1846
sandal-tree1864
1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 553 A deep red is yielded by the chips of Adenanthera pavonina, called in India Ruktachundun, or Red Sandal-wood.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1014/2 Queensland Sandalwood. Eremophila Mitchelli.
1874 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. (rev. ed.) Suppl. 1339/2 False sandal-wood of Crete. Quercus abelicea.
1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 256/1 Bucida capitata..is known in the West Indies as sandalwood.
1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 401 Eremophila mitchelli..Bastard Sandalwood... E. sturtii..Scentless Sandalwood... Alyxia buxifolia,..called Native Sandalwood in Tasmania.
3. A perfume derived from sandalwood oil.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > specifically
ewrosec1350
stacte1382
oil of rosesa1398
rose watera1398
sandalc1400
musk?a1425
damask water?1520
malabathrum1543
orris1545
civet1553
ambracan1555
rose cake1559
lavender-water1563
oil of spikenard1565
zibet1594
orange-flower water1595
orris powder?1600
spike-oil1611
angel water1634
cypress-powder1634
angelica1653
jasmine1670
jessamy1671
rosat1674
frangipane1676
marechale1676
orangery1676
tuberose1682
jasmine-water1750
otto1759
rose geranium1773
millefleurs1775
new-mown hay1789
attar1798
eau-de-Cologne1802
Cologne1814
dedes1817
eau de Portugal1825
verbena1837
rondeletia1838
bay-rum1840
Florida water1840
citronelle1841
patchouli1843
citronella1849
gardenia1851
sandalwood oil1851
Ess Bouquet1855
marmala water1857
mignonette1858
spikenard oil1861
sandalwood1865
serpolet1866
ylang-ylang1876
flower-water1886
lily1890
lilac1895
stephanotis1895
tea rose1897
chypre1898
Peau d'Espagne1898
violette de Parme1904
poppy1905
Parma violet1907
wallflower1907
1865 E. Rimmel Bk. Perfumes viii. 143 Indra..appears very partial to scent, for he is always represented with his breast tinged with sandal-wood.
1973 G. Butler Coffin for Pandora viii. 161 Her heavy scent of heliotrope and sandal~wood.
4. A fashion shade resembling the colour of sandalwood, a light yellowish brown. Also as adj.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > yellowish brown
honey colour1571
hair-colour1615
butternut1810
cinnamon-brown1826
honey1888
cinnamon1895
walnut1895
golden oak1898
almond1923
Sahara1923
sand1923
sandalwood1926
1926 Daily Express 1 Sept. 10 (advt.) Shades of mulberry, sandalwood, purple, [etc.].
1927 Daily Express 26 Feb. 5 This attractive model is designed in sandalwood face-cloth.
1937 Discovery July 217/2 Our silk stockings are..described as..sun-tan, sandalwood, mist.
1976 Country Life 26 Feb. 502/3 Stockings..in..a browny colour called Sandalwood.
Compounds
Sandalwood English n. = Beach-la-mar n.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > pidgins and creoles > [noun] > English-based > Beach-La-Mar
Beach-la-mar1911
bêche-de-mer1911
Sandalwood English1922
Bislama1971
1922 O. Jespersen Lang. 216 The so-called Beach-la-mar (or Beche-le-mar, or Beche de mer English); it is also sometimes called Sandalwood English.
1936 S. Robertson Devel. Mod. Eng. iv. 89 Beach-la-Mar or Sandalwood-English, spoken..all over the Western Pacific.
1950 J. C. Furnas Anat. Paradise v. 355 Beach-la-mar (sometimes Sandalwood English) is the specific name of this pidgin.
1971 I. F. Hancock in D. Hymes Pidginization & Creolization of Lang. vii. 523 Melanesian Pidgin English, also known as Neo-Melanesian, Sandalwood English, Bêche-de-mer, Beach-la-mar, etc.
sandalwood oil n. a strongly aromatic oil obtained by distillation of sandalwood (Santalum) used in perfumes and cosmetics and formerly as a genito-urinary antiseptic.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > specifically
ewrosec1350
stacte1382
oil of rosesa1398
rose watera1398
sandalc1400
musk?a1425
damask water?1520
malabathrum1543
orris1545
civet1553
ambracan1555
rose cake1559
lavender-water1563
oil of spikenard1565
zibet1594
orange-flower water1595
orris powder?1600
spike-oil1611
angel water1634
cypress-powder1634
angelica1653
jasmine1670
jessamy1671
rosat1674
frangipane1676
marechale1676
orangery1676
tuberose1682
jasmine-water1750
otto1759
rose geranium1773
millefleurs1775
new-mown hay1789
attar1798
eau-de-Cologne1802
Cologne1814
dedes1817
eau de Portugal1825
verbena1837
rondeletia1838
bay-rum1840
Florida water1840
citronelle1841
patchouli1843
citronella1849
gardenia1851
sandalwood oil1851
Ess Bouquet1855
marmala water1857
mignonette1858
spikenard oil1861
sandalwood1865
serpolet1866
ylang-ylang1876
flower-water1886
lily1890
lilac1895
stephanotis1895
tea rose1897
chypre1898
Peau d'Espagne1898
violette de Parme1904
poppy1905
Parma violet1907
wallflower1907
1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 878/2 Sandal-wood oil..from Mangalore and Canara.
1901 W. H. White Text-bk. Pharmacol. & Therapeutics 586 Sandal-wood oil is very similar in its action to the oils of copaiba and cubebs.
1952 R. E. Kirk & D. F. Othmer Encycl. Chem. Technol. IX. 589 The Australian sandalwood oils and the West Indian sandalwood oils are distilled from different species.
1965 F. Sargeson Mem. Peon v. 109 He was so knowledgeable about the virtues of copaiba and sandalwood oil,..not to mention a chemist who would be of great assistance to me.
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