animal
Alligator
Alligator as an animal people have named and used. Still surface, sudden jaw, old water — one living kind, not a single symbol.
Alligator is historically related to Wool.
In Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, Alligator is treated with Wool; piece and peer stock share the entry.
from Andrew Ure · Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, 1839 (and later PD editions)
historically related to · sourced · documented
Alligator is historically related to Oil.
In Dunglison's Medical Lexicon, Alligator is placed beside Oil as concrete shop companions.
from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)
historically related to · sourced · documented
Alligator is historically related to Wax.
In Burnell's Hobson-Jobson, Alligator is placed beside Wax as concrete shop companions.
from Henry Yule and A. C. Burnell (ed. William Crooke) · Hobson-Jobson, 1886 (new ed. 1903)
historically related to · sourced · documented
sources
- Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines · Andrew Ure
Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines.
- Medical Lexicon · Robley Dunglison
Robley Dunglison, Medical Lexicon (Dictionary of Medical Science).
- Hobson-Jobson · Henry Yule and A. C. Burnell (ed. William Crooke)
Henry Yule and A. C. Burnell, Hobson-Jobson (new ed. William Crooke, 1903).