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Definition of Lancewood
1. Noun. Durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for building and cabinetwork and tools.
2. Noun. Source of most of the lancewood of commerce.
Definition of Lancewood
1. n. A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree which produces this wood, Duguetia Quitarensis (a native of Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of the same family (Anonaseæ).
Definition of Lancewood
1. Noun. A tough, elastic and heavy wood obtained from the West Indies and Guiana, formerly much used for carriage shafts. ¹
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Literary usage of Lancewood
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Pleasure Carriages: Their Origin, History, Varieties, Materials by William Bridges Adams (1837)
"The vegetable substances used in carriage building are, timber of various
kinds,—ash, beech, elm, oak, mahogany, cedar, deal, pine, fustic, lancewood, ..."
2. The Materials of Engineering by Robert Henry Thurston (1884)
"lancewood (Uvaria lanceolata) is brought from the West Indies. It is lighter in
color than boxwood, splits easily, but is very tough, strong, and elastic. ..."
3. On the Zoological Position of Texas by Edward Drinker Cope (1880)
"German-silver-mounted ash and lancewood fly-rod; extra tip and ... Three-piece
brass-mounted ash and lancewood mountain trout rod; weight 8 ounces. ..."
4. A Text-book of the Materials of Construction: For Use in Technical and by Robert Henry Thurston (1890)
"... lancewood (Uvaria lanceolata) is brought from the West Indies. It is lighter
in color than boxwood, splits easily, but is very tough, strong, ..."
5. A Text-book of the Materials of Construction, for Use in Technical and by Robert Henry Thurston (1890)
"lancewood (Uvaria lanceolata) is brought from the West Indies. It is lighter in
color than boxwood, splits easily, but is very tough, strong, and elastic. ..."