lentiskn.
/lɛnˈtɪsk/, U.S. /ˈlɛnˌtɪsk/ The mastic tree ( Pistacia lentiscus). Also attributive.
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c1420 Pallad. on Husb. ii. 429 Lentiskis greynes fele and ripe a slepe Thou brynge a day and nyght to hete yfere.
1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 29 The rosine of ye lentiske tree called mastick deserueth.. prayse.
1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia i. 2 The Lentisk that beareth Mastick.
1625–6 S. Purchas Pilgrimes ii. 1277 The Lenticke tree..is well nigh onely proper to Sio.
1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse iv. iv. 35 in Wks. II Oyles of Lentisco.
c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 162 Rosemary, Lavander, Lentiscs & the like sweete shrubbs.
1694 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) iv. lxiii. 257 Gymnast was making Tooth-pickers with Lentisk.
1751 J. Hill Hist. Materia Medica 694 The Lentisc Wood, distill'd by the Retort, yields an acrid Phlegm in considerable Quantity.
1767 F. Fawkes tr. Theocritus Idylliums vii. 154 Who courteous bad us on soft beds recline Of lentisk, and young branches of the vine.
1840 R. Browning Sordello iv. 390 Where I set her Moorish lentisk, by the stair, To overawe the aloes.
1866 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 540 Lentisk and beach-loving myrtle, both exceeding green and bushy.
1894 P. Pinkerton Adriatica 32 By the lentisks of Taòrmina.
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