Lexicographical Neighbors of Camwoods
Literary usage of Camwoods
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The African Repository by American Colonization Society (1845)
"They split his camwoods to burn. They used his pans and kettles, that belonged
to the cargo, and his goods were placed in a position where they were exposed ..."
2. Dyeing and Calico Printing: Including an Account of the Most Recent by Frederick Crace Calvert, Charles Edward Groves, John Stenhouse (1876)
"Common red ink is also prepared by adding a little alum and acid to a decoction
of these woods. SANDAL, BAR, AND camwoods. ..."
3. School chemistry: or, practical rudiments of the science by Robert Dundas Thomson (1848)
"Sapan and camwoods appear to contain the same colouring matter. Red ink is made
by digesting 50 parts of Brazil wood in 20O of vinegar for 3 days, ..."
4. Bibliothèque universelle des voyages effectués par mer ou par terre dans les by Louis Mas Latrie, Albert Montémont (1834)
"... haute de cinq pieds; des lignes de hauts palmiers, droites comme si l'art les
eût tracées; çà et là un groupe de camwoods, dont l'ombre opaque faisait ..."
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