algum
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of algum
First recorded in 1570–80; from Hebrew algūmīm (plural), variant of almuggīm
Example Sentences
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Hiram of Tyre, in his stately palace of cedar, fir, and algum wood, could not have felt prouder or happier than we did, in our little sylvan bower.
From No and Other Stories Compiled by Uncle Humphrey by Various
Not so the algum-tree, at least if interpreters are right in taking algum or almug for sandalwood.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Max Müller
No Jewish lexicon tells us of almug or algum trees; no Hebrew writer undertakes to describe them.
From Prehistoric Structures of Central America Who Erected Them? by Martin I. (Martin Ingham) Townsend
Here we have Solomon’s algum tree with the name scarcely modified.
From Prehistoric Structures of Central America Who Erected Them? by Martin I. (Martin Ingham) Townsend
He finds An axe beside the fount, and thoughtful winds, Through groves of sandal-wood and mastic-trees And algum, umritgana.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Literature by Anonymous
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