brazil

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/bɹəˈzɪl/]

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1. brazil (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A red-orange dye obtained from brazil wood.

Example: A small Quantity of Saffron will Tinct more then a very great Quantity of Brasil.

2. brazil (noun) — sense 2

Definition: The hard, brown wood of a certain species of the tribe Caesalpinieae; originally sappan (Biancaea sappan), of the East Indies, and later brazilwood, Paubrasilia echinata.

Example: The Prouince Brasilia tooke his name of the woode called Brasill.

3. brazil (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A Brazil nut.

Example: I picked up a handful of brazils from the bowl.

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