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Webster 1913 Edition

Galipot

Gal′i-pot

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Noun.
[F.
galipot
; cf. OF.
garipot
the wild pine or pitch tree.]
An impure resin of turpentine, hardened on the outside of pine trees by the spontaneous evaporation of its essential oil. When purified, it is called yellow pitch, white pitch, or Burgundy pitch.

Webster 1828 Edition

Galipot

GAL'IPOT

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Noun.
A white resin or resinous juice which flows by incision from the pine tree, especially the maritime pine. Galipot encrusts the wounds of fir trees during winter. It consists of resin and oil.

Definition 2024

galipot

galipot

English

Noun

galipot ‎(countable and uncountable, plural galipots)

  1. An unrefined turpentine obtained from some European pines

Synonyms

Etymology

French galipot; compare Old French garipot ‎(“the wild pine or pitch tree”).

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