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sandarach


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sandarach  \San"da*rach\,  Sandarac  \San"da*rac\,,  n.  [L. 
  sandaraca,  Gr  ?.] 
  1.  (Min.)  Realgar;  red  sulphide  of  arsenic.  [Archaic] 
 
  2.  (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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sandarach 
  n  :  a  brittle  and  faintly  aromatic  translucent  resin  used  in 
  varnishes  [syn:  {sandarac}] 




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