Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A solid, amorphous substance, of an amber or blackish-brown color, left after distilling crude turpentine with water; common resin, or rosin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Rosin.
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- noun
rosin ; theresidue left after thedistillation ofoil of turpentine from liquidresin . Used in pharmaceutical preparations, soldering fluxes, and by violinists.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun translucent brittle substance produced from pine oleoresin; used especially in varnishes and inks and on the bows of stringed instruments
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Iron to be buried in damp earth may be painted with a mixture of 100 parts of resin (colophony), 25 parts of gutta-percha, and 50 parts of paraffin, to which 20 parts of magnesia and some mineral oil have been added.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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By this process, the solid resin of colophony is split up into water, various resinic acids or naphthas, and resin oils of various specific gravities and consistencies, all of which are separated from each other into separate containers which are ready to receive them.
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Its pine-trees supplied a rosin or colophony highly valued for the strings of musical instruments.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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The most celebrated resin bears the name of mani; and of this we saw masses of several hundred-weight, resembling colophony and mastic.
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The reddish skin of the torso, as the air came in contact with it, assumed a bluish bloom, and there was visible on the side the cut through which had been drawn the entrails, and from which escaped, like the sawdust of a ripped-up doll, the sawdust of aromatic wood mixed with resin in grains that looked like colophony.
The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt Th��ophile Gautier 1841
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The most celebrated resin bears the name of mani; and of this we saw masses of several hundred-weight, resembling colophony and mastic.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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UPVC tri-ply heat insulation tile is made from overseas PVC colophony with UV ultraviolet absorbent, antioxidant and modifier, which make it great resistance to fungus& humidity, can be recyclable and color long lasting, also extend its service life effectively.
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UPVC tri-ply heat insulation tile is made from overseas PVC colophony with UV ultraviolet absorbent, antioxidant and modifier, which make it great resistance to fungus& humidity, can be recyclable and color long lasting, also extend its service life effectively.
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UPVC tri-ply heat insulation tile is made from overseas PVC colophony with UV ultraviolet absorbent, antioxidant and modifier, which make it great resistance to fungus& humidity, can be recyclable and color long lasting, also extend its service life effectively.
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UPVC tri-ply heat insulation tile is made from overseas PVC colophony with UV ultraviolet absorbent, antioxidant and modifier, which make it great resistance to fungus& humidity, can be recyclable and color long lasting, also extend its service life effectively.
chained_bear commented on the word colophony
See a usage note on orpiment.
March 4, 2008
knitandpurl commented on the word colophony
"No significant cracks have emerged since the last restoration, when the paint surfaces were "consolidated"—their gaps filled in, Anne Grevenstein-Kruse wrote to me in an email, "with a solution of animal glue (a proteïn). After that, the surface was covered with a mixture of beeswax, colophony, and lavender oil (to soften the paint). This mixture was melted into the paint structure by using strong heating elements. The surface was then flattened with metal spatulas.""
"The Flip Side" by Peter Schjeldahl in the New Yorker, November 29, 2010, p 45
December 9, 2010