Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sandarach"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sandarach \San"da*rach\, Sandarac \San"da*rac\,, n. [L.
sandaraca, Gr. ?.]
1. (Min.) Realgar; red sulphide of arsenic. [Archaic]
2. (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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sandarach
n : a brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in
varnishes [syn: {sandarac}]
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