† xylaloe(s, xyloaloe(s Obs.
Forms: 6 xiloaloes, 6 (8) xyloaloe, 7 xylaloës, 7–8 (in Dicts.) xyloaloes.
[a. late Gr. ξυλαλόη, f. ξύλον wood + ἀλόη aloe. Cf. obs. F. xilaloë (Cotgr.).]
= lign-aloes, aloe 1. Also attrib.
| 1545 T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde 114 Wasshe them..with wyne, in the whiche is..soden myntes, roses, violettes, and xiloaloes. 1599 A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 7/2 Take Xyloaloe woode j. G. Ibid. 11/2 Suger of Candy, xyloaloe, Cloves, Ginger. 1683 Morrison tr. Struys' Voy. i. vi. 38 An Oyntment made of Xylaloës, or, wood of Aloës. |