Crossword clues for sandarach
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sandarach
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 for pounce; -- probably so called from a resemblance to the mineral.
Wiktionary
sandarach
n. (alternative form of sandarac English)
WordNet
sandarach
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.