Whitewood \White"wood`\, n. The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree (Liriodendron). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc.

Note: Several other kinds of light-colored wood are called whitewood in various countries, as the wood of Bignonia leucoxylon in the West Indies, of Pittosporum bicolor in Tasmania, etc.

Whitewood bark. See the Note under Canella.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Bass \Bass\, n. [A corruption of bast.]

1. (Bot.) The linden or lime tree, sometimes wrongly called whitewood; also, its bark, which is used for making mats. See Bast.

2. (Pron. ?) A hassock or thick mat.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)