Where have you been all your born days, not to know what lignum vitae is?
Many hard woods, as lignum vitae, are so heavy that they will not float at all.
Octant made of dark wood and with lignum vitae; brass fittings.
The fixed valve face is of lignum vitae in a metal recess, and the revolving valve of gun-metal.
The wood of those trees is as heavy or heavier than Brazil or lignum vitae; and is in colour white.
The other kind has white wood with a small brown heart, but nearly as hard as lignum vitae.
It is easy to remember that lignum vitae is one of the hardest woods and arbor vitae one of the softest.
Their idea was that a mahogany or lignum vitae billy was too costly a weapon to be broken over a Negro's head.
Of the trees which have a wide range over the country, especially near the sea-coast, the lignum vitae is of great value.
Every player uses four lignum vitae bowls in single-handed games and (as a rule) in friendly games, but only two in matches.
