Definition of Lancewood

1. Noun. Durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for building and cabinetwork and tools.

Substance meronyms: Lancewood Tree, Oxandra Lanceolata
Generic synonyms: Wood

2. Noun. Source of most of the lancewood of commerce.
Exact synonyms: Lancewood Tree, Oxandra Lanceolata
Generic synonyms: Tree

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lancewood

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Medical Definition of Lancewood

1. 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 (Anonaseae). Australian lancewood, a myrtaceous tree (Backhousia Australis). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lancewood

lanceolated
lancepesade
lancepesades
lancer
lancers
lances
lancet
lancet arch
lancet fish
lancet window
lanceted
lancetfish
lancetfishes
lanceth
lancets
lancewood (current term)
lancewood tree
lancewoods
lanch
lanched
lanches
lanching
lanciers
lanciform
lancinate
lancinated
lancinates
lancinating
lancination
lancinations

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. ..."

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