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noun
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English colofonie (< Anglo-French ) < Latin Colophōnia (rēsina) (resin) of Colophon < Greek Kolophōnía, feminine of Kolophṓnios, equivalent to Kolophṓn Colophon + -ios adj. suffix; see -y3
1300–50; Middle English colofonie (< Anglo-French ) < Latin Colophōnia (rēsina) (resin) of Colophon < Greek Kolophōnía, feminine of Kolophṓnios, equivalent to Kolophṓn Colophon + -ios adj. suffix; see -y3
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Colophony
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| colophony (kɒˈlɒfənɪ) | |
| —n | |
| another name for rosin | |
| [C14: from Latin Colophōnia rēsina resin from Colophon] | |
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colophony
translucent, brittle, friable resin used for varnish and in manufacturing many products. It becomes sticky when warm and has a faint pinelike odour. Gum rosin consists of the residue obtained upon distillation of the oleoresin (a natural fluid) from pine trees (the volatile component is spirit of turpentine); wood rosin, obtained by solvent extraction of the stumps, is usually of a darker colour
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