What does sandal-wood mean?

sandal-wood

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English

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"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:..."

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