mustaiba
English
Alternative forms
- mostahiba
Noun
mustaiba (uncountable)
- A close-grained, heavy wood from Brazil, used in turning, for making the handles of tools, etc.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of McElrath to this entry?)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for mustaiba in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)