LOGWOOD.
Ch'ik-su-muh, . . CHIN. Campeggio, . . . IT.
Campechetrae, . . DAN. Pao de Campeche, PORT. Kampecheh hout, . Dm% Kampeshskoe derevo, Rug. Bois de Campeche, . Fa. Palo de Campeche, . Sr. Blauholz, . . . GER. Kampechetrad, . . Sw. Campesche-holz, . „ Logwood is the heart-wood or duramen of Ilmmatoxylon Campechianum, L., a large tree of Central America, Honduras, Campeachy, etc. and the West Indies. It is imported into Britain in logs, which are cut up into chips and ground for the use of dyers and painters, being esteemed as, one of the best deep-red and black dyes. The dyewood is hard, heavy, of a deep orange colour, a sweetish astringent taste, and peculiar odour. It is extensively employed for compound colours, but its chief use is for blacks and certain shades of grey. It is also now common in the woods of Jamaica and St. Domingo, and has been intro-. duced into India. In Tenasserint, -the logwood tree is cultivated in a few gardens, and appears to flourish there as well as an indigenous plant.
It is sometimes used in medicine as an astringent.
The introduction of logwood was prohibited by a statute of Elizabeth, under heavy penalties, and all that was found in the country was ordered to be destroyed. It was not until the reign of Charles if. that its use was re-permitted.—Faulkner; Sinnonds; Mason; Tredgold.
1,011A. Gus., HIND. Iron. Lollar, a black smith. The Lohar is one of the five artisan castes of the Hindus, the others being the carpenter, goldsmith, brazier, and stone-cutter. Loha chur, iron filings. On the ninth of the light half of Amin, Hindus worship their weapons or arms. The lustration is called Loha bhisara, and at native courts was of great splendour. The black smith wears the zonar. The Taremuk of the Central Dekhan, known as Bail Kambar in Canarese, Ghissari in the Dekhani, Lobar in the Mahrati, is a wandering blacksmith. —IVilson's Glossary.