Hypertext Webster Gateway: "colophony"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Colophony \Col"o*pho`ny\ (k[o^]l"[-o]*f[=o]*n[y^] or
k[-o]*l[o^]f"[-o]*n[y^]; 277), n. [Gr. 'h kolofwni`a (sc.
"rhti`nh resin, gum) resin, fr. Kolofw`nios of or from
Colophon in Ionia.]
Rosin.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
colophony
n : translucent brittle substance produced from pine oleoresin;
used especially in varnishes and inks and on the bows of
stringed instruments
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