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manjak West Indian.|ˈmændʒæk| Also 7 mountjack, 7–8 munjack. (See quot. 1902.)
1657R. Ligon Barbados 101 Another gummy substance there is..called Mountjack. 1683J. Poyntz Tobago 37 This Munjack is nothing else than a Confirmation or Coagulation of the Tarr..into a more solid body, which Munjack [etc.]. 1902Encycl. Brit. (ed. 10) XXVI. 145 (Barbados), The only mineral product is ‘manjak’, or glance-pitch, a form of asphalt, which occurs in the older rocks of the Scotland district. |