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                    See liter.
                  
                
                  
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                    A small tree of Chili, Rhus caustica, with very hard wood, used for axletrees, cogs, and furniture.
                  
                
                  
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                    In heraldry, a black band, supposed to represent the knightly belt, charged with the arms of the defunct, and painted on the wall of a church or chapel at the time of the funeral.