Also 8 agal-wood. [transl. F. bois daigle, Pg. pao daguila, a perversion of Malayālam aγil, or some other vernacular form of Skr. aguru (Yule). Cf. AGALLOCH.]
[1516. Barbosa (Lisbon), 393 (Y.). Aguila, cada Farazola de 300 a 400 (fanams).]
1712. trans. Pomets Hist. Drugs, I. 59. The Portuguese call it Eagle-wood.
1774. Niebuhr, Des. de lArabie, xxxiv. (Y.). Un bois nommé par les Anglois Agalwood, et par les Indiens de Bombay Agar.
1854. Hooker, Himal. Jrnls. (1855), II. 318 (Y.). The eagle-wood is much sought for its fragrant wood.
1864. Sat. Rev., 9 July, 67. Trees containing the eagle-wood, resins, and dye-woods.
1871. Alabaster, Wheel of Law, 86. A second [palace] of nine stories, constructed entirely of eagle-wood.