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Webster 1913 Edition


Lign-aloes

Lignˊ-al′oes

(līnˊăl′ōz or lĭg-năl′ōz)
,
Noun.
[OE.
ligne aloes
, fr. L.
lignum
wood +
aloe
aloe.]
1.
Aloes wood, or agallochum. See
Agallochum
.
2.
A fragrant tree mentioned in the Bible.
Num. xxiv. 6.

Webster 1828 Edition


Lign-aloes

LIGN-AL'OES

,
Noun.
[L. lignum, wood, and aloes.] Aloes-wood. Num. 24.