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shittim

shittim [LL < Heb.], (in quot. usu. in phr. ligna ~im or sim., cf. Exod. xxv 5, 10, etc.), wood of the shittah-tree (a kind of Acacia), shittim wood (also in fig. context), (also) shittah-tree. sethim est genus arboris inputribile Comm. Cant. I 290; cui ‥ offerimus ‥ ligna sethim [ed. PL: setim] cum expurgatis peccatorum spinetis ‥ Domino soli servimus Bede Tab. 399D; ligna sethim de quibus tabernaculum fiebat imputribilis sunt naturae Ib. 436D (= Ad. Scot TT 639A); ligna setim Moyses succidit partibus illis Garl. Epith. IV 191; ligna sethim [ed. 1601: setim; sechim] esse dicuntur quedam arbores spinose leves inputribules [sic] similes albe spine Bart. Angl. XVII 149; quibus affixi erant intrinsecus duo vectes de lignis sethim deauratis Gros. Post. Mark 358; archa de sethim bajula claritatis J. Howd. Cant. 632; ubi [fratres] minores ‥ ligna sethym sive cypressina ‥ comburunt, et locum de ipsis quasi totaliter habent constructum S. Sim. Itin. 20.

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