ALGUMS

ALGUM

Al"gum, n.

Definition: Same as Almug (and etymologically preferable). 2 Chron. ii. 8.

Al"mug, Al"gum, n. Etym: [Heb., perh. borrowed fr. Skr. valguka sandalwood.] (Script.)

Definition: A tree or wood of the Bible (2 Chron. ii. 8; 1 K. x. 11).

Note: Most writers at the present day follow Celsius, who takes it to be the red sandalwood of China and the Indian Archipelago. W. Smith.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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