sasswoodn.

Brit.

/ˈsaswʊd/, U.S.

/ˈsæsˌwʊd/

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: sassy wood n. at sassy adj.² 1.

Etymology: Apparently shortened < sassy wood n. at sassy adj.² 1. Compare Krio saswud.

Originally: the bark of a sasswood tree (see Compounds) or a decoction of this, used as an ordeal poison (now historical). In later use also: a sasswood tree; the hard, durable wood of such a tree.Cf. slightly earlier sassy wood n. at sassy adj.² 1.

ΚΠ

1836 Missionary Herald Feb. 362/1 Should the person thus found guilty deny the charge, he is subjected to another..test; that is, to swallow a strong and large potation of the tea of sasswood.

1896 A. McAllister Lone Woman in Afr. xii. 194 They..most likely would accuse some one and compel him or her to drink the sasswood.

1909 A. P. Camphor Missionary Story Sketches 157 The stately palms and sasswoods, the tangled bamboos and other shrubbery..presented a beautiful picture.

1947 Foreign Commerce Weekly 8 Feb. 23/1 The Nigerian Government has decided to allow the unrestricted exportation of the lesser-known varieties of timber to the Union of South Africa... These are as follows: Red ironwood, sasswood,..and cottonwood.

1961 Carnegie Mag. Feb. 46/1 The secret judgment of the elders is enforced through the trial by sasswood.

2005 K. Fraser 13 Ways listening to Stranger 378 Pressed in by monkeypod and wattle, sasswoods and obeches, his flourishing tour has come to sound like the pilgrims' test of forbearance.

2012 R. H. M. G. Lemmens et al. Plant Resources Trop. Afr. VII. ii. 337/2 The timber of Erythrophleum ivorense is marketed as ‘erun’, ‘missanda’, ‘sasswood’, [etc.].

Compounds

sasswood tree n. any of several tropical West African leguminous trees of the genus Erythrophleum having bark used as an ordeal poison, esp. E. suaveolens and E. ivorense.Also called sassy tree.Cf. ordeal tree n. at ordeal n. Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1839 Afr. Repository & Colonial Jrnl. June 181 Four pieces of the Sasswood tree..were then prepared for him.

1980 Paideuma 26 50 Members of the ‘house of sasswood’ ordeal lodge administered the poison of the sasswood tree.

2012 R. H. M. G. Lemmens et al. Plant Resources Trop. Afr. VII. ii. 337/1 Vernacular names [of Erythrophleum ivorense] Ordeal tree, sasswood tree.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	sasswood
释义	sasswoodn. Brit. /ˈsaswʊd/, U.S. /ˈsæsˌwʊd/ Origin: Apparently formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: sassy wood n. at sassy adj.² 1. Etymology: Apparently shortened < sassy wood n. at sassy adj.² 1. Compare Krio saswud. Originally: the bark of a sasswood tree (see Compounds) or a decoction of this, used as an ordeal poison (now historical). In later use also: a sasswood tree; the hard, durable wood of such a tree.Cf. slightly earlier sassy wood n. at sassy adj.² 1. ΚΠ 1836 Missionary Herald Feb. 362/1 Should the person thus found guilty deny the charge, he is subjected to another..test; that is, to swallow a strong and large potation of the tea of sasswood. 1896 A. McAllister Lone Woman in Afr. xii. 194 They..most likely would accuse some one and compel him or her to drink the sasswood. 1909 A. P. Camphor Missionary Story Sketches 157 The stately palms and sasswoods, the tangled bamboos and other shrubbery..presented a beautiful picture. 1947 Foreign Commerce Weekly 8 Feb. 23/1 The Nigerian Government has decided to allow the unrestricted exportation of the lesser-known varieties of timber to the Union of South Africa... These are as follows: Red ironwood, sasswood,..and cottonwood. 1961 Carnegie Mag. Feb. 46/1 The secret judgment of the elders is enforced through the trial by sasswood. 2005 K. Fraser 13 Ways listening to Stranger 378 Pressed in by monkeypod and wattle, sasswoods and obeches, his flourishing tour has come to sound like the pilgrims' test of forbearance. 2012 R. H. M. G. Lemmens et al. Plant Resources Trop. Afr. VII. ii. 337/2 The timber of Erythrophleum ivorense is marketed as ‘erun’, ‘missanda’, ‘sasswood’, [etc.]. Compounds sasswood tree n. any of several tropical West African leguminous trees of the genus Erythrophleum having bark used as an ordeal poison, esp. E. suaveolens and E. ivorense.Also called sassy tree.Cf. ordeal tree n. at ordeal n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1839 Afr. Repository & Colonial Jrnl. June 181 Four pieces of the Sasswood tree..were then prepared for him. 1980 Paideuma 26 50 Members of the ‘house of sasswood’ ordeal lodge administered the poison of the sasswood tree. 2012 R. H. M. G. Lemmens et al. Plant Resources Trop. Afr. VII. ii. 337/1 Vernacular names [of Erythrophleum ivorense] Ordeal tree, sasswood tree. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1836
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