gum benzoin
Britishnoun
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Compound in a marble mortar, a large quantity of lignum rhodium, and anise, with a little powder of dried orange peel, and gum benzoin.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton
Recipe for Turkish Lotion: To one fluid ounce of tincture of gum benzoin add seven fluid ounces of distilled rose-water and one-half ounce of glycerine.
From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous
Some of the largest wholesale perfumers use five or six pounds of gum benzoin per annum, but none use the benzoic acid.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse
Pacheco stood on to Barus, a place renowned for its gold trade, and for gum benzoin of a peculiar scent, which the country produced.
From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by William Marsden
It is made of half a pint of the very best rectified spirits of wine, two drachms of shellac, and two drachms of gum benzoin.
From French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction by Richard Bitmead
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