Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The kauri-pine or the Amboyna pine, as the sources of dammarresins; also, the Norway spruce, as yielding Burgundy pitch.
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Great, were made of the pitch-tree, and have lasted from _anno_ 336, down to our days, above 1300 years.
Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees John Evelyn 1663
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Of pitch-tree*, oaks, aatl piaas t * nd imctuou* fir;
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