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

In New Zealand kauri gum diggers are becoming impoverished.

From Time Magazine Archive

In places where old kauri forests have existed, digging kauri gum is a profitable employment.

From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Gilson, Jewett Castello

Test No. 12 B. Primed with a heavy varnish containing Chinese wood oil and kauri gum.

From Paint Technology and Tests by Gardner, Henry A.

The men tattoo their faces, hips, and thighs; the women their upper lips; for this purpose charcoal made from kauri gum is chiefly used.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 by Various

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.

From Paint Technology and Tests by Gardner, Henry A.