Definition of Sanderac
{ San"da*rach, 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.
{ San"da*rach, 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Min.) Realgar; red sulphide of arsenic.
- (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.
Quotations
*1952: Oil was also used for making varnish, by dissolving sandarac in it, and as the 'vernysshe' which appears so frequently in accounts was always bought by the pound, the term was evidently applied to the sandarac, or other similar resinous substance. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England, p. 171.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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