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pikeman(1) (iou)



pikeman noun1. Pl. -men. E16.
[from PIKE noun1 + MAN noun.]
A person in charge of picking millstones and keeping them in order. Scot. E16.
A person who works with a pickaxe; a miner. L16.

algum (medicine)


algum


A tree or wood of the Bible (2 Chron. Ii. 8; 1 K. X. 11).

most writers at the present day follow Celsius, who takes it to be the red sandalwood of China and the Indian Archipelago.

Origin: Heb, perh. Borrowed fr. Skr. Valguka sandalwood.

Source: Websters Dictionary