camwood

British  

/ ˈkæmˌwʊd /

noun

1. a W African leguminous tree, Baphia nitida, whose hard wood was formerly used in making a red dye

2. the wood of this tree

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Etymology

Origin of camwood

C20: perhaps from Temne

Example Sentences

This they smeared with a paint made by the admixture of camwood and copal gum.

From Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country by Wallace, Edgar

Abnormal properties are found to be exhibited by camwood and its allies, with aluminum and tin, the colors at first becoming darker, and only afterward fading in the normal manner.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 by Various

This method is more particularly applicable to such dye-stuffs as camwood, cutch, logwood, madder, fustic, etc., the colouring principles of which have some affinity for the wool fibre and will directly combine with it.

From The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics by Beech, Franklin

Another plan which has been followed is to give the wool a bottom with 5 to 6�lb. of camwood or peachwood, then mordanting and dyeing us usual.

From The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics by Beech, Franklin

The chief part of its trade is in slaves, camwood, and ivory, the latter, however, being small, although Port Logo commands a very extensive back country.

From Observations Upon the Windward Coast of Africa by Corry, Joseph