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A brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes
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sandarach
Word definitions for sandarach in dictionaries
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sandarach \San"da*rach\, Sandarac \San"da*rac\,, n. [L. sandaraca, Gr. ?.] (Min.) Realgar; red sulphide of arsenic. [Archaic] (Bot. Chem.) A white or yellow resin obtained from a Barbary tree ( Callitris quadrivalvis or Thuya articulata ), and pulverized ...
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n. (alternative form of sandarac English)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes [syn: sandarac ]
Usage examples of sandarach.
Before the employment of blotting paper a pouncebox which contained either powdered gum sandarach and ground cuttle-fish bones, or powdered charcoal, sand and like materials was used by shaking it like a pepperbox on freshly written manuscripts.