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kingwood

n. 1 (taxlink Dalbergia cearensis species noshow=1), a Brazilian tree having a violet-brown, hard texture. 2 (context uncountable English) The wood of this tree, used in cabinetmaking.

WordNet
kingwood
  1. n. handsome violet-streaked wood of the kingwood tree; used especially in cabinetwork

  2. Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood [syn: kingwood tree, Dalbergia cearensis]

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Kingwood, WV -- U.S. city in West Virginia
Population (2000): 2944
Housing Units (2000): 1417
Land area (2000): 2.467994 sq. miles (6.392074 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.467994 sq. miles (6.392074 sq. km)
FIPS code: 44044
Located within: West Virginia (WV), FIPS 54
Location: 39.471280 N, 79.684839 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 26537
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Wikipedia
Kingwood

Kingwood may refer to:

Wood:

  • kingwood (wood), a classic wood used for inlay work in furniture

Places:

  • Kingwood Center, Mansfield, Ohio, USA
  • Kingwood, Houston, Texas, USA
  • Kingwood, West Virginia, USA
  • Kingwood Township, New Jersey, USA

Music:

  • Kingwood (album), an album by the Swedish punk rock group Millencolin
Kingwood (album)

Kingwood is the sixth album by the Swedish punk rock band Millencolin, released on March 30, 2005 in Sweden and April 12, 2005 in North America. Two singles from the album were released: " Ray" and " Shut You Out". The song Farewell My Hell originated as an idea for singer Nikola Sarcevic's first solo album, but was used for Kingwood instead. Farewell My Hell was played prominently in the Swedish vampire film Frostbite.

Kingwood (wood)

Kingwood is a classic furniture wood, almost exclusively used for inlays on very fine furniture. It was the most expensive wood in general use for furniture making in the seventeenth century, at which time it was known as princes wood.

Occasionally it is used in the solid for small items and turned work, including parts of billiard cues, e.g., those made by John Parris. It is brownish-purple with many fine darker stripes and occasional irregular swirls. Occasionally it contains pale streaks of a similar colour to the sapwood, as in the picture.

The wood is very dense and hard and can be brought to a spectacular finish. It turns well but due to its density and hardness it can be difficult to work with hand tools. It also has a tendency to blunt tools due to its abrasive properties.

It is available only in small sizes (it is yielded by a smallish tree, Dalbergia cearensis, restricted to a small area in Brazil). Other woods yielded by the same genus are cocobolo, rosewood, African blackwood, Bombay blackwood and tulipwood.

Usage examples of "kingwood".

The Kingwood Precinct was enjoying a period of relative quiet with only two major cases working and both appeared to be easy.

She slid inside then drove slowly away from the huge medical center and north to US 59 which led to the Kingwood subdivision on the northern outskirts of Houston.

Francis stopped briefly back at her room in order to touch up her makeup then headed toward the Kingwood police precinct building.

There had been plans once for a renovation, but that was back before the Kingwood subdivision had been annexed by the city of Houston.

Francis favored the Tex-Mex restaurant across the Freeway on Kingwood avenue.

He had Bellingham and Faye go with him in another commandeered car and drove them to within a block of the Kingwood precinct station.

THE WAY back to Kingwood, Gene pulled into a bar and grill for a hamburger and beer.

He eyed the young waitress who was serving him, probably a Kingwood Junior College student.

A half hour later he pulled into the driveway of a decrepit house on a side street south of Kingwood, temporarily rented for just such an occasion.

He knew he had been very lucky that a cop at the Humble precinct had recognized Gene and called the Kingwood station to report that he had been arrested, and lucky again that word had gotten back to him quickly.

I could tell kingwood from pearwood, splats from stretchers, and frets from friezes.

SMITH waited impatiently for the security guard at the rear entrance of Northpark Hospital, located in the Kingwood section of Houston.

He picked up a marker from the narrow trough running along the bottom of the board and scanned the map until he found Kingwood Avenue, then traced the street line to the hospital location.

Weston rolled the window back up as Jimmy turned off Kingwood avenue and into the parking lot of Northpark Hospital.

She spent her high school years and the first three semesters at Kingwood Community College in a series of foster homes where she was cared for adequately enough but never felt comfortable and certainly not loved, though she supposed, in retrospect, that it was more her fault than that of her wards.