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Copal

noun
1.
A brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes.



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Zanzibar copal
congo copal
copaline
copalite
courbaril copal
fossil copal
kauri copal


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"Copal" Quotes from Famous Books



... rubber tax in 1893—a fact, however, which may be partly assigned to the sleeping sickness. The tax led to constant fighting, until at last the officials gave up the effort and imposed a requisition of food or gum-copal; the change seems to have been satisfactory there and in other parts where it has been tried. In the former time the native soldiers punished delinquents with mutilation: proofs on this subject ...
— The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) • John Holland Rose
... Iron. Use 3 ounces of boiled linseed oil and 1 part of copal varnish, and into this put 2 ounces of litharge and 1 ounce of white lead and thoroughly mingle so as to make a ...
— Practical Mechanics for Boys • J. S. Zerbe


Words linked to "Copal" :   kauri, anime, kauri gum, kauri copal, natural resin, copalite, kauri resin, congo gum


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