durmast

durmast
/derr"mast', -mahst'/, n.
a European oak, Quercus petraea, yielding a heavy, elastic wood used for furniture and in the construction of buildings.
[1785-95; short for durmast oak, perh. erroneously for dunmast oak; see DUN2, MAST2]

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