Hypertext Webster Gateway: "piney"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Piney \Pin"ey\, a.
See {Piny}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Piney \Pin"ey\, a. [Of East Indian origin.]
A term used in designating an East Indian tree (the {Vateria
Indica} or piney tree, of the order {Dipterocarpe[ae]}, which
grows in Malabar, etc.) or its products.
{Piney dammar}, {Piney resin}, {Piney varnish}, a pellucid,
fragrant, acrid, bitter resin, which exudes from the piney
tree ({Vateria Indica}) when wounded. It is used as a
varnish, in making candles, and as a substitute for
incense and for amber. Called also {liquid copal}, and
{white dammar}.
{Piney tallow}, a solid fatty substance, resembling tallow,
obtained from the roasted seeds of the {Vateria Indica};
called also {dupada oil}.
{Piney thistle} (Bot.), a plant ({Atractylis gummifera}),
from the bark of which, when wounded, a gummy substance
exudes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Piny \Pin"y\, a.
Abounding with pines. [Written also {piney}.] ``The piny
wood.'' --Longfellow.
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