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sandarac
[ san-duh-rak ]
noun
- a coniferous tree, Tetraclinis articulata ( Callitrus quadrivalvis ), native to northwestern Africa, yielding a resin and a fragrant, hard, dark-colored wood much used in building.
- the brittle, usually pale-yellow, faintly aromatic resin exuding from the bark of this tree: used chiefly as incense and in making varnish.
sandarac
/ ˈsændəˌræk /
noun
- Also calledsandarac tree either of two coniferous trees, Tetraclinis articulata of N Africa or Callistris endlicheri of Australia, having hard fragrant dark wood: family Cupressaceae
- a brittle pale yellow transparent resin obtained from the bark of this tree and used in making varnish and incense
- Also calledcitron wood the wood of this tree, used in building
Word History and Origins
Origin of sandarac1
Word History and Origins
Origin of sandarac1
Example Sentences
“I will take you to a place where anything may be bought—cobalt, lapis lazuli, cinnabar, orpiment, sandarac—and it is honestly sold.”
As both amber and sandarac had a tendency to darken the colours, "a lighter treatment," Mr Eastlake adds, "has rarely been successful without a modification of the vehicle itself."
One ounce white rosin; one half ounce gum sandarac; one half ounce Prussian blue, in fine powder.
If you would have your varnish brilliant, use much sandarac—it makes certainly a very hard varnish—it is difficult to combine it with oil.
Always the eraser and the sandarac, the same inkstand, the same pens, and the same companions.
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