kauri gum

British  

noun

1. a hard resin from the kauri tree, found usually as a fossil in the soil where an extinct tree once grew: used chiefly in making varnishes

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Example Sentences

These varnishes are also finding application in the manufacture of concrete, steel, and flat wall paints; being especially suitable for the above purposes when compounded with kauri gum japan.

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The kauri gum forms a large figure in the table of exports from Auckland, and the digging and preparation of it for market, as we have shown, gives employment to many persons.

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The British slept that night without tents round fires of kauri gum, but next morning all was astir for the attack.

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A fossil kauri gum is collected for export; it makes a varnish almost equal to Japanese lacquer.

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For many years about a million dollars' worth of kauri gum was thus obtained each year.

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