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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A kind of gum which exudes from cherry-trees and plum-trees. It is distinguished from gum arabic by being insoluble in cold water.
- n. A name of two coal-tar colors, otherwise known as fast red A and Bordeaux B.
- n. A compound, C70H138O12N2, obtained in small amounts by warming cows' brains with a solution of barium hydroxid. It is neutral and resembles cerebrin in its properties.
Wiktionary
- n. chemistry A white amorphous substance, the insoluble part of cherry gum; meta-arabinic acid.
- n. chemistry A gummy mucilaginous substance; bassorin or tragacanthin.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Chem.) A white amorphous substance, the insoluble part of cherry gum; -- called also
meta-arabinic acid . - n. (Chem.) A gummy mucilaginous substance; -- called also
bassorin ,tragacanthin , etc.
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“It is known chemically as "cerasin," and differs from gum acacia in being less soluble.”
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In The Colorhouse
A colorhouse - a manufactory of colors for tints, dyes, pigments, paints, glazes, &c. Terms associated with the science and history of colormaking.
All sorts of things went into color...colorhouse, Turkey red, dyebath, woad, ocher, lead white, mordant, Naples yellow, zaffer, kiln, vat, pot and 298 more...
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