almug
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of almug
First recorded in 1605–15; cf. algum
Example Sentences
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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 Müller, Max
There came no such almug trees nor were seen unto this day.”
From Prehistoric Structures of Central America Who Erected Them? by Townsend, Martin I. (Martin Ingham)
The walls of these chambers were of cedar, the roof of the noble almug wood, and the floor of poplar boards.
From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel
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 Townsend, Martin I. (Martin Ingham)
She has not come to prove him with hard questions, but to repose under his almug trees.
From A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett by Venable, William Henry
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