Lexicographical Neighbors of Agila
Literary usage of Agila
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Descriptive Dictionary of the Indian Islands & Adjacent Countries by John Crawfurd (1856)
"... which is rubbed in the hands, yielding an agreeable fragrance ; the agila does
so when burned.'* AGNO-GRANDE, one of the largest of the rivers of the ..."
2. Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat, Charles Otto Blagden (1906)
"Gah. Man!. ; 'long tabak, Bes. Sep. ; T 207. [Malay Taboo language tabak, " agila
wood," /. RAS. SB, No. 18, P- 3S9-] 52. ..."
3. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803: Explorations by Early Navigators by Edward Gaylord Bourne, James Alexander Robertson, Emma Helen Blair (1904)
"The tree is confused with the aloes, but properly speaking has no connection with
that tree; and the word agila has been wrongly translated into " eagle" ..."
4. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1858)
"This name is also given in the Malay archipelago, to a tree which produces an
odoriferous wood, the agila, or eagle wood, and aloes wood of commerce. ..."
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