sandal-wood

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English

Noun

sandal-wood (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form for sandalwood in its second sense of aromatic heartwood.
    • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XV, in Francesca Carrara. , volume I, London: Richard Bentley, , (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 161:
      Good, good; I can reach that down when he comes. Madelon, burn some sandal-wood on the stairs; and, Madelon, when I look at the picture of Tragedy, with the dagger and cup, go you, without my telling, into the cellar—here is the key—and bring up a bottle of Burgundy:...