colophony

American  

[kol-uh-foh-nee, kuh-lof-uh-nee] / ˈkɒl əˌfoʊ ni, kəˈlɒf ə ni /

noun

1. rosin.

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colophony British  

/ kɒˈlɒfənɪ /

noun

1. another name for rosin

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Etymology

Origin of colophony

1300–50; Middle English colofonie (< Anglo-French ) < Latin Colophōnia ( rēsina ) (resin) of Colophon < Greek Kolophōnía, feminine of Kolophṓnios, equivalent to Kolophṓn Colophon + -ios adj. suffix; -y ³

Example Sentences

The most celebrated resin bears the name of mani; and of this we saw masses of several hundred-weight, resembling colophony and mastic.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von

A mixture of colophony, black pitch, and tar.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

The transfer ink consists of 20 parts of printing ink, 50 parts of wax, 40 parts of tallow, 35 parts of colophony, 210 parts of oil of turpentine, 30 parts of Berlin blue.

From Paper and Printing Recipes A Handy Volume of Practical Recipes, Concerning the Every-Day Business of Stationers, Printers, Binders, and the Kindred Trades by Ford, J. Sawtelle

Copal, mastic, guaiacum, and colophony or pine resin, are some of them.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section R by Project Gutenberg

The recipe begins with oil of roses, colophony, wax, and includes some twenty-two ingredients, amongst them mummy, dried earthworms, and two ounces lapidis magnetis pr�parati.

From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by Gilbert, William