sandal-wood (uncountable)
- Alternative form for sandalwood in its second sense of aromatic heartwood.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 161:Good, good; I can reach that down when he comes. Madelon, burn some sandal-wood on the stairs; and, Madelon, when I look at the picture of Tragedy, with the dagger and cup, go you, without my telling, into the cellar—here is the key—and bring up a bottle of Burgundy:...
