And here we had broad-water patches, in and out, inlaid on land, like mother-of-pearl in brown shittim wood.
"Lorna Doone, A Romance of Exmoor"
R. D. Blackmore
The altar of incense was made first for the tabernacle, and that of shittim wood; but it was made for the temple of cedar, and it was to be set before the veil, that is, by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy-seat; that is, at the entering of the holiest, but not within.
"The Works of John Bunyan Volume 3"
John Bunyan
The ark was made 'of shittim-wood, two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
"The Works of John Bunyan Volume 3"
John Bunyan