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Webster 1913 Edition
Sandarac
{
, San′da-rach
,San′da-rac
, }Noun.
[L.
sandaraca
, Gr. [GREEK].] 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.