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Definition of Kingwood
1. Noun. Handsome violet-streaked wood of the kingwood tree; used especially in cabinetwork.
2. Noun. Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood.
Group relationships: Dalbergia, Genus Dalbergia
Generic synonyms: Tree
Definition of Kingwood
1. Noun. A Brazilian tree having a violet-brown, hard texture ¹
2. Noun. The wood of this tree, used in cabinetmaking ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kingwood
1. a hardwood tree [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kingwood
Literary usage of Kingwood
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Genealogical and Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley, West by James Morton Callahan (1912)
"William Gordon Worley, of kingwood, West WORLEY Virginia, represents this family,
which originally lived in Greene county, Pennsylvania. ..."
2. County Report and Maps: Marion, Monongalia and Taylor Counties by Ray Vernon Hennen, David Bright Reger (1913)
"After the extension of the road to Morgantown, Its name was changed to that of
the Morgantown, kingwood, and West Union Turnpike. ..."
3. ... [County Reports and Maps]: Preston County by Ray Vernon Hennen, William Armstrong Price, W. J. Latimer (1914)
"Morgantown and kingwood Railroad—The Morgantown and kingwood Railroad extends
from Morgantown, Monon- galia county, to Rowlesburg, Preston county, ..."
4. Friends' Miscellany by John Comly, Isaac Comly, Joshua Evans, John Hunt (1835)
"The following Essay appears to have been the commencement of a Testimony from
Friends of kingwood monthly meeting, concerning Joseph Moore. ..."
5. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Under the Editorial Supervision of Lyon edited by Lyon Gardiner Tyler (1915)
"his seat December 7, 1863, and served until March 3, 1865; died at kingwood, West
Virginia, April 19, 1884. Burwell, William A., son of Thacker Bur- well ..."
6. Notes to Phillipps' Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Esek Cowen, Nicholas Hill, Samuel March Phillipps (1839)
"kingwood v. Bethlehem, l Green's Rep. 226. NOTE 303—p. 457. See SP Riggs v.
Tayloe, 9 Wheat. 436, where the general doctrine was stated ..."
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