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单词 copal
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copaln.

/ˈkəʊpəl/
Etymology: < Spanish copal (French copal, copale), < Mexican copalli incense (Molina, 1571), a fragrant translucent white resin which distils from a tree, thence called copalquahuitl, also by extension applied to any similar resin (Hernandez, 1651, iii. i.).
A hard translucent odoriferous resin obtained from various tropical trees, and from which a fine transparent varnish is prepared. Also gum copal. The name was first applied to that obtained from Mexico; but copal is now procured also from Brazil, the West Indies, West Africa, Mozambique and Zanzibar, Madagascar, India, Manila, New Caledonia, and New Zealand. That from East Africa is most highly valued, and is often dug from the ground in a semi-fossilized condition. For list of Copals, see R. Ingham Clark Varnishes and Fossil Resins, 1891.See also fossil copal n. at fossil n. and adj. Compounds 2.
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1577 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Three Bookes i. f. 2 Thei doe bryng from the newe Spaine twoo kindes of Rosine,..the one is called Copall.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage viii. xiii. 678 They brought also Copalli, a sweete gumme, to incense the Gods.
1657 Physical Dict. Copal, white rosin, very bright.
1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 390 Liquid Amber, Anime, Copal, Suchicopal, and other Gums.
1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 201 The Gum Copal, which we call Oriental Copal.
1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. I. iii. 242 The people perfumed them as they landed with incense of gum copal.
1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. i. vi. 193 Offering up no other sacrifice, than the sweet incense of copal.
1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 211 Copal forms the efficient substitute for amber in the modern vehicle of painting.
1878 H. M. Stanley Through Dark Continent II. xiii. 387 Another valuable article of commerce besides the bees-wax and india-rubber found here was gum copal.
1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 134 It is said by the natives that no trees grow on or near the places where the gum copal is found.

Compounds

attributive, as copal amber, copal resin, copal tree, copal varnish.
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1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 392 The amber itself..may have had a similar origin with the copal amber which exudes from the Vateria Indica of Linnæus when cut.
1828 G. W. Bridges Ann. Jamaica II. xiii. 125 Burning branches of the copal tree.
1833 J. Rennie Alphabet Sci. Angling 64 Rods..stained and varnished..with copal varnish.
1863–82 H. Watts Dict. Chem. Copalin..resembles copal resin in hardness, colour, lustre, and transparency.
copal balsam n. = copalm balsam n. at copalm n. 2.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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