MAHOGANY
\məhˈɒɡəni], \məhˈɒɡəni], \m_ə_h_ˈɒ_ɡ_ə_n_i]\
Definitions of MAHOGANY
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The wood of the Swietenia Mahogoni. It is of a reddish brown color, beautifully veined, very hard, and susceptible of a fine polish. It is used in the manufacture of furniture.
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A table made of mahogany wood.
By Oddity Software
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The wood of the Swietenia Mahogoni. It is of a reddish brown color, beautifully veined, very hard, and susceptible of a fine polish. It is used in the manufacture of furniture.
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A table made of mahogany wood.
By Noah Webster.
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A tree of tropical America yielding a dark, reddish-brown, hard wood, used for furniture; also, the wood.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Gynocladus Canadensis. Also, a drink in use among the Cornish fishermen of England, which is made of two parts gin and one part treacle, well beaten together. An analogous drink- a mixture of whisky and honey, (see Mead, under Hydromel,) is known in the Highlands of Scotland by the name Athol porridge.
By Robley Dunglison
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n. A large tree found in tropical America; also, the wood of the tree, which is of a reddish - brown colour, very hard, and susceptible of a fine Magpie, polish, and extensively used in veneering tables and other articles of domestic furniture;— hence, the dining-table.
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