Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lign-aloes \Lign`-al"oes\ (l[imac]n`[a^]l"[=o]z or
   l[i^]g*n[a^]l"[=o]z), n. [OE. ligne aloes, fr. L. lignum wood
   + aloe aloe.]
   1. Aloes wood, or agallochum. See {Agallochum}.

   2. A fragrant tree mentioned in the Bible. --Num. xxiv. 6.