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Definition of Calamander
1. Noun. A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a species of ebony, and is obtained from the ''Diospyros quaesita''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Calamander
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calamander
Literary usage of Calamander
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ceylon: An Account of the Island, Physical, Historical, and Topographical by Sir James Emerson Tennent (1860)
"I apprehend that the name, calamander, which was used by the Dutch, is but a
corruption of " Coromandel. ..."
2. Ceylon and the Cingalese: Their History, Government, and Religion ... and by Henry Charles Sirr (1850)
"... palm —Mee tree—Ebony tree—calamander tree—Red sandal and satin-wood trees—The
... calamander ..."
3. Ceylon and the Cingalese: Their History, Government, and Religion ... and by Henry Charles Sirr (1850)
"... palm —Mee tree—Ebony tree—calamander tree—Red sandal and satin-wood trees—The
... calamander ..."
4. Catalogue of the British Colonies by Great Britain (1878)
"Layard, Sir Chas., KCMG A Cleopatra Couch of carved calamander Wood. ...
A calamander Wood Cabinet, with 51 Trays of different Ceylon woods. ..."
5. Official Handbook & Catalogue of the Ceylon Courts: With Map and Illustrations by Ceylon (1893)
"296 calamander box inlaid with silver 297 Ebony carved bo < 318 Porcupine ...
Porcupine quill box 418 Mat 423 Fancy mat 424 Kandyan mat 442 calamander box, ..."
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