damar
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The gathering is done at night, an assistant bearing a torch made of bark and filled with damar or wax.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Lumholtz, Carl
The colour of the tatuing is obtained from damar.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Lumholtz, Carl
Take equal parts of gum damar and white rosin and just enough Persian blue to color it.
From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous
They brought with them beeswax, damar, honey, or rattans to exchange for those things.
From Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak by McDougall, Henriette
As these are not completely filled by the rattan, they are plugged with fibre and calked with damar to prevent leakage.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Lumholtz, Carl
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