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Webster 1913 Edition

Colophony

Col′o-phoˊny

(kŏl′ō̍-fō-ny̆ or kō̍-lŏf′ō̍-ny̆; 277)
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Noun.
[Gr.
ἠ κολοφωνία
(sc.
ῥητίνη
resin, gum) resin, fr.
Κολοφώνιοσ
of or from Colophon in Ionia.]
Rosin.

Webster 1828 Edition

Colophony

COLOPHONY

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Noun.
In pharmacy, black resin or turpentine boiled in water and dried; or the residuum, after distillation of the etherial oil of turpentine, being further urged by a more intense and long continued fire. It is so named from Colophon in Ionia, whence the best was formerly brought.

Definition 2024

colophony

colophony

English

Noun

colophony ‎(usually uncountable, plural colophonies)

  1. rosin; the residue left after the distillation of oil of turpentine from liquid resin. Used in pharmaceutical preparations, soldering fluxes, and by violinists.

Translations

Etymology

From Latin colophonia ‎(“of Colophon”) resina ‎(“resin”); named after the Ionic city of Colophon, which was known as producer of hardened resin.

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