| 单词 | stave wood |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstave wood stave wood n. (a) any of several tropical or subtropical trees having wood suitable for making staves for casks or barrels (now rare); (b) wood, or a type of wood, used for this purpose. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > names applied to various types of trees or shrubs whitewood1562 yellowwood1583 lightwood1597 redwood1693 hoop-wood1756 stave-wood1778 whistle-wood1825 whip-cropa1850 pepperwood1858 white tree1863 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > wood of other specific trees thornc1330 poplara1450 asp1551 angelin1670 dogwood1670 serpent-wood1681 locust wood1742 canarium1776 stave-wood1778 lacewood1803 Canary wood1820 chestnut1823 brier-wood1868 jasmine-wood1870 angelique1873 sakura1911 1790 W. Wright in Trans. Royal Soc. Edinb. 2 ii. i. x. 76 Quassia Simaruba... This tree is known in Jamaica by the names of Mountain Damson, Bitter Damson and Stave-wood. 1805 J. J. Oddy European Commerce 80 (table) Stave-wood. 14,135 [pieces]. 51,775 [rubles]. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 542 Flindersia Schottiana..Stavewood. 1897 Timehri 11 174 Being split into small pieces exposed a relatively large surface of the stave wood to the solvent action of the alcohol. 1938 C. T. White Princ. Bot. Queensland Farmers 212 Tarrietia (Booyongs, Tulip Oaks or Stave Woods). 1943 Pop. Mech. Jan. 12/2 But coopers throughout the country have leaped back to action using nonstrategic stave woods. 2008 J. W. Haeger Pacific Pinot Noir 93/1 After pressing, the new wine spends eighteen months in 100-percent new François Frères barrels, all coopered from stave wood air dried for three years, harvested from the Bertranges forest. 2012 D. Stone Walks, Tracks & Trails New S. Wales 3/1 Native to north-eastern NSW and eastern Queensland, is a tree known by many names: white booyong..; stavewood and black stavewood. < as lemmas |
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