damar
Americannoun
noun
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As these are not completely filled by the rattan, they are plugged with fibre and calked with damar to prevent leakage.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Carl Lumholtz
The colour of the tatuing is obtained from damar.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Carl Lumholtz
Sometimes damar is used to dry the flesh and the eyes.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Carl Lumholtz
They brought with them beeswax, damar, honey, or rattans to exchange for those things.
From Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak by Henriette McDougall
For five months the work of putting a handle on a parang and fastening it with damar must not be done else both mother and child would die.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Carl Lumholtz
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