单词 | colophony |
释义 | colophonyn. The dark or amber-coloured resin obtained by distilling turpentine with water. Formerly also called Greek pitch ( Pix græca). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > processed resinous materials > [noun] > distilled from turpentine colophonya1398 Colophonian resin1601 Greek pitch1657 colophane1838 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. lxxvii. 969 Pouder of coliphonie þat hatte pyris in gru. 1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy v, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 79 Some with Brenning, as Colophonie. 1585 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Health (new ed.) sig. Mj Mixt.. with pitch called Collofonia. 1694 W. Westmacott Θεολοβοτονολογια 67 In the Shops, Colophony is the Rezine of the Firr-Tree boiled. 1770 W. Lewis New Dispensatory (London ed. 3) 420/1 A blackish resin called colophony. 1829 J. Togno & E. Durand tr. H. Milne-Edwards & P. Vavasseur Man. Materia Medica vi. 214 Colophony or Dry Resin..is the resinous part of the turpentine, remaining in the still after the extraction of the essential oil by distillation. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 309 Colophony, black rosin, the solid residuum of the distillation of turpentine, when all the oil has been worked off. 1888 Sale & Exchange 13 Sept. 5/1 One pound of colophony (bought of any chemist). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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