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Webster 1913 Edition


Colophony

Col′o-phoˊny

(kŏl′ō̍-fō-ny̆ or kō̍-lŏf′ō̍-ny̆; 277)
,
Noun.
[Gr.
ἠ κολοφωνία
(sc.
ῥητίνη
resin, gum) resin, fr.
Κολοφώνιοσ
of or from Colophon in Ionia.]
Rosin.

Webster 1828 Edition


Colophony

COLOPHONY

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Noun.
In pharmacy, black resin or turpentine boiled in water and dried; or the residuum, after distillation of the etherial oil of turpentine, being further urged by a more intense and long continued fire. It is so named from Colophon in Ionia, whence the best was formerly brought.

Definition 2024


colophony

colophony

English

Noun

colophony (usually uncountable, plural colophonies)

  1. rosin; the residue left after the distillation of oil of turpentine from liquid resin. Used in pharmaceutical preparations, soldering fluxes, and by violinists.

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