gum dammar
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gum dammar
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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As the cementing substance for the nitrate of soda, a mixture of gum dammar with monobromonaphthalene was used, which afforded an index of refraction of 1.58.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. by Various
It exports tin in large quantities, gutta-percha collected in the interior by the aborigines, coffee, which promises to become an important production, buffalo hides, gum dammar, and gharroo.
From The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
Over the corpse was thickly sprinkled the native camphor, and the jar was closed with a piece of buffalo hide, well sealed over with gum dammar.
From British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo by Treacher, W. H. (William Hood), Sir
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