| 单词 | sappan |
| 释义 | sapan, sappan|ˈsæpən|
Also 6–7 sapon, 7 sappon.
[a. Malay sapaŋ, of South Indian origin: cf. Tamil shappangam, Malayālam chappaṅṅam. The proximate source in the 17th c. was prob. Du. sapan(hout); cf. Pg. sapão, Fr. sapan.]
A dye-wood yielding a red dye, obtained from trees belonging to the genus Cæsalpinia, indigenous to tropical Asia and the Indian Archipelago, esp. C. Sappan. Now only sapan wood.
1598W. Phillip tr. Linschoten i. xxii. 36 The wood Sapon, whereof also much is brought from Sian, it is like Brasill to die withall. 1616R. Cocks Diary (Hakl. Soc.) I. 209 Ofring to deliver me money for all our sappon which was com in this junk. 1626Methold in Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 4) 1004 A wood to die withall called Sapan wood, the same we heere call Brasill. 1662J. Davies tr. Mandelslo's Trav. ii. 197 A sort of wood called Sappan. 1687Lond. Gaz. No. 2269/2, 210 100 l. [i.e. 210 quintals] of Siams Sapan Wood. 1780Phil. Trans. LXX. App. 7 For which they give in return sugar, ripe cloves, sappan wood, ivory. 1861Bentley Man. Bot. 529 The roots of the same tree [Cæsalpinia Sappan], under the names of Yellow-wood and Sappan-root, are..employed for dyeing yellow. 1881Daily News 22 Jan. 5/8 Great store of Sapanwood from the Indies is also aboard. |
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