in Commerce, a light kind of vessel formed of the shell of a gourd, emptied and dried, serving to put divers kinds of goods in, as pitch, rofe, and the like. The word is Spanish, Calabacce, which signifies the same. The Indians also, both of the North and South sea, put the pearls they have fished in calabashes, and the negroes on the coast of Africa do the same by their gold dust. The smaller calabashes are also frequently used by these people as a measure, by which they sell these precious commodities to the Europeans. The same vessels likewise serve for putting liquors in; and do the office of cups, as well as bottles, for soldiers, pilgrims, &c.

CALABASH-Tree. See Crescentia, Botany Index.

African CALABASH-Tree. See ADANSONIA, Botany Index.