colophony

[kol-uh-foh-nee, kuh-lof-uh-nee]

noun

1. rosin.

colophony

/ kɒˈlɒfənɪ /

noun

1. another name for rosin

Word History and Origins

Origin of colophony¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of colophony¹

C14: from Latin Colophōnia rēsina resin from Colophon

Example Sentences

In some old recipes, virgin wax, calcined asphaltum, gum mastic, amber, colophony, greek pitch, burgundy pitch, black pitch, resin, shoe makers' wax, &c. &c. are mentioned.

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There followed the production of a somewhat different form of match, sticks first dipped in sulphur, and then in a composition of chlorate potash, sulphur, colophony, gum of sugar, and cinnabar for coloring.

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Ordinary resin, or colophony, consists chiefly of a monobasic acid having the empirical formula C20H30O2, known as sylvinic acid, whose exact structure is not known.

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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.

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A mixture of colophony, black pitch, and tar.

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