Definition of Santal

1. n. A colorless crystalline substance, isomeric with piperonal, but having weak acid properties. It is extracted from sandalwood.

Definition of Santal

1. a sandalwood [n -S]

Medical Definition of Santal

1. A colourless crystalline substance, isomeric with piperonal, but having weak acid properties. It is extracted from sandalwood. Origin: Santalum + piperonal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Santal

sansculottism
sansculottisms
sansei
sanseis
sanserif
sanserifs
sansevieria
sansevierias
sansho
sanskara
sanskaras
sant
santabarbaraite
santaclaraite
santafeite
santal (current term)
santal oil
santalaceous
santalic
santalic acid
santalin
santalins
santalol
santalols
santals
santalum
santalums
santanaite
santees
santer

Literary usage of Santal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"The santal Parganas form the southern portion of the Bhagalpur Division. ... Three distinct types of country are represented in the santal ..."

2. Physicians' Manual of Therapeutics by Parke, Davis & Company, Davis & Company Parke (1901)
"OU santal, 2 mlns. Oil Eucalyptus, 2 mlns. Cubeb and santal (No. 48). ... 47). Oil santal. 9 mins. Oil Cinnamon. 1 mln. Saw Palmetto and santal (No. 91). ..."

3. The Land Systems of British India: Being a Manual of the Land-tenures and of by Baden Henry Baden-Powell (1892)
"The santal Parganas were first removed from the operation of the ordinary law by Act XXXVII of 1855 '2, which provided for a special superintendence. ..."

4. Annals of Rural Bengal by William Wilson Hunter (1897)
"The Indo-Aryan word for a household, kula, is not found by itself in santali, but it subsists as the groundwork of every santal community. ..."

5. Annals of Rural Bengal by William Wilson Hunter (1883)
"The Indo-Aryan word for a household, kula, is not found by itself in santali, but it subsists as the groundwork of every santal community. ..."

6. Annals of Rural Bengal by William Wilson Hunter (1871)
"The Indo-Aryan word for a household, kula, is not found by itself in santali, but it subsists as the groundwork of every santal community. ..."

7. A Manual of Materia Medica and Pharmacology: Comprising All Organic and by David Marvel Reynolds Culbreth (1906)
"This, when rubbed, rasped, or heated, gives pleasant roseate odor. CONSTITUENTS. — Volatile oil 2-5 pc, resin, tannin. Oleum santali. Oil of santal. ..."

8. The Story of an Indian Upland by Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt (1905)
"weights and measures were freely used, and the guileless santal, ignorant and at first unsuspicious, failed to detect the sharp practice. ..."

9. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"The santal Parganas form the southern portion of the Bhagalpur Division. ... Three distinct types of country are represented in the santal ..."

10. Physicians' Manual of Therapeutics by Parke, Davis & Company, Davis & Company Parke (1901)
"OU santal, 2 mlns. Oil Eucalyptus, 2 mlns. Cubeb and santal (No. 48). ... 47). Oil santal. 9 mins. Oil Cinnamon. 1 mln. Saw Palmetto and santal (No. 91). ..."

11. The Land Systems of British India: Being a Manual of the Land-tenures and of by Baden Henry Baden-Powell (1892)
"The santal Parganas were first removed from the operation of the ordinary law by Act XXXVII of 1855 '2, which provided for a special superintendence. ..."

12. Annals of Rural Bengal by William Wilson Hunter (1897)
"The Indo-Aryan word for a household, kula, is not found by itself in santali, but it subsists as the groundwork of every santal community. ..."

13. Annals of Rural Bengal by William Wilson Hunter (1883)
"The Indo-Aryan word for a household, kula, is not found by itself in santali, but it subsists as the groundwork of every santal community. ..."

14. Annals of Rural Bengal by William Wilson Hunter (1871)
"The Indo-Aryan word for a household, kula, is not found by itself in santali, but it subsists as the groundwork of every santal community. ..."

15. A Manual of Materia Medica and Pharmacology: Comprising All Organic and by David Marvel Reynolds Culbreth (1906)
"This, when rubbed, rasped, or heated, gives pleasant roseate odor. CONSTITUENTS. — Volatile oil 2-5 pc, resin, tannin. Oleum santali. Oil of santal. ..."

16. The Story of an Indian Upland by Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt (1905)
"weights and measures were freely used, and the guileless santal, ignorant and at first unsuspicious, failed to detect the sharp practice. ..."

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