santal
noun
santal
1 American
[san-tl]
/ ˈsæn tl /
noun
Santal
2
American
[suhn-tahl]
/ sʌnˈtɑl /
noun
Santals,
plural
Santal
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of santal
see origin at sandal 2
Example Sentences
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By a "phonetic" error, santal is often printed "sandal," and "sandel."
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus
Otto of vitivert is procurable by distillation; a hundred-weight of vitivert yields about 14 oz. of otto, which in appearance very much resembles otto of santal.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus
The odor of santal assimilates well with rose; and hence, prior to the cultivation of rose-leaf geranium, it was used to adulterate otto of roses; but is now but seldom used for that purpose.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus
With a leaden sense of guilt, but in a fever of impatience, of haste, she stripped off the coarse hemp for her most elaborate satins, her santal and clover and carmine.
From Java Head by Hergesheimer, Joseph
The otto of santal is remarkably dense, and is above all others oleaginous in its appearance, and, when good, is of a dark straw color.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus
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