† alˈmandin(e, a. Obs. rare.
[f. almande, almond + -in, prob. northern for -en, as in beechen, etc.]
Of the almond tree, of almond wood.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 6893 (Cotton) And it was an almandin wand, Þat ilk frut þar-on þai fand (Fairf. almandine). |