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Ligniform asbestus; also, fossil wood.

Stonework in which the surface is left broken and rough.

An east Indian wood of a reddish orange color, handsomely veined with darker marks. It is occasionally used for cabinetwork. Ure.

A valuable cabinet wood of a dark red color, streaked and variegated with black, obtained from several tropical leguminous trees of the genera Dalbergia and Machærium. The finest kind is from Brazil, and is said to be from the Dalbergia nigra. African rosewood, the wood of the leguminous tree Pterocarpus erinaceus. --…

The larva of any one of several species of lepidopterous insects which feed upon the leaves, buds, or blossoms of the rose, especially Cacæcia rosaceana, which rolls up the leaves for a nest, and devours both the leaves and buds.

Roseroot.

To work over coarsely, without regard to nicety, smoothness, or finish. Moxon.

A nematoid worm.

Masonry constructed of unsquared stones that are irregular in size and shape.

red sandalwood. See under Sandalwood.

Same as Burstwort.

A variety of appliqué work for quilts, table covers, etc. Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework).

A woman whose occupation is to sell goods or merchandise.

Work or things made for sale; hence, work done carelessly or slightingly. Shak.

e given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the Batis maritima, and the glasswort. See Glasswort. Black saltwort, the sea milkwort.

The highly perfumed yellowish heartwood of an East Indian and Polynesian tree (Santalum album), and of several other trees of the same genus, as the Hawaiian Santalum Freycinetianum and S. pyrularium, the Australian S. latifolium, etc. The name is extended to several other kinds of fragrant wood.

Any one of numerous species of annelids which burrow in the sand of the seashore.

Any plant of the genus Arenaria, low, tufted herbs (order Caryophyllace\'91.)

A dyewood yielded by Cæsalpinia Sappan, a thorny leguminous tree of Southern Asia and the neighboring islands. It is the original Brazil wood. [Written also sappan wood.]

Sapan wood.