gum benzoin
Britishnoun
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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 Piesse, George William Septimus
To Remove Wrinkles.—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
A good waterproof wood polish is made thus: 1 pint alcohol, 2 oz. gum benzoin, ¼ oz. gum sandarac, ¼ oz. gum anime.
From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William
It is kept moist with oil newly expressed from the coconut; but those persons who can afford it make use also of an empyreumatic oil extracted from gum benzoin, as a grateful perfume.
From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by Marsden, William
Here is a piece of gum benzoin, the substance from which Friar's balsam is made.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883 by Various
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