bilsted

plural bilsteds

1. The sweet gum.

   Willow oak and bilsted are plentiful in Cape May and Atlantic counties .

   1896, Geological Survey of New Jersey, Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1894, page 260

   3 more examples

   There were scrub oaks, pines, persimmons and a group of bilsteds, or gum trees.

   1892 August, Samuel Lockwood, “Why the Mocking Birds Left New Jersey—A Geological Reason”, in The American Naturalist

   In general appearance it resembled mahogany, being but slightly lighter in color and grain, and many old bilsted pieces are commonly mistaken for mahogany.

   1916 December, Harold Donaldson Eberlein, Abbot McClure, “Mahogany”, in Suburban Life, the Countryside Magazine, page 278

   The primary wood is bilsted (gum wood), and was often used by the Dutch craftsmen of early New York.

   1966, Antiques - Volume 89, page 498