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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Min.), Archaic Realgar; red sulphide of arsenic.
  • noun (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.

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  • noun Alternative form of sandarac.

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  • noun a brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes

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