442 DICTIONARY OF POPULAR NAMES WOAD 



ing a height of 3 or 4 feet, a native of this country, and through- 

 out Europe it has been long famed as yielding a dye obtained by 

 macerating the leaves in water. Its use is rapidly dying out in 

 this country, and it is manufactured now only at Parsons Drove 

 near "Wisbech. 



Woad Waxen. {See Kendal Green ) 



Wold-wolle, a fibre, prepared in Germany from the leaves 

 of Finns sykestris, used for stuffing pillows, mattresses, etc., 

 also woven into blankets, counterpanes, etc. A similar kind 

 of pine-wool is made from the leaves of P. Zaricio. 



Wolf s-bane. (See Aconite.) 



Wood Apple. (See Elephant Apple.) 



Woodbine, or Honeysuckle [Lonicera Periclymenuon), a 

 twining shrub of the Woodbine family (Caprifoliacese), attaining 

 a considerable height on trees, native of this country. It is a 

 favourite for forming arbours and planting against houses, and 

 is prized for its sweet-scented flowers. There are a number 

 of other species cultivated in gardens as ornamental climbers, 

 L, sempervirens being called the Trumpet Honeysuckle. 



Wood Oil, or Gurjun Oil. — This is obtained from Diptero- 

 carpus iiirhinatus, a magnificent tree of the Dryobalanops family 

 (Dipterocarpaceae), attaining a height of 200 feet and a girth 

 of 10 feet. It is a native of Lower India. Its wood is hard, and 

 used for boat-building and other purposes. It yields an oil, 

 which is obtained by making a deep notch in the trunk near 

 to the ground, and applying fire, which chars the wood, and the 

 oil then flows. It is used as a varnish, and medicinally as a 

 substitute for copaiba balsam. It is chiefly imported from 

 Moulmein. JD. alatus and D. incanus are magnificent trees, 

 natives of Chittagong, also yielding wood oil, and are equally 

 valued for their timber. In Java the resin of D. trmervis is 

 smeared on plantain leaves for making torches. In Sumatra it 

 is mixed with rotten wood and made into candles. 



Wood Paper. — The making of the material called Wood 

 Paper originated in the United States some years ago, where it 

 continues to be still extensively carried on. The trees of which 



