piney : Idioms & Phrases


Piney dammar, Piney resin, Piney varnish

  • a pellucid, fragrant, acrid, bitter resin, which exudes from the piney tree (Vateria Indica) when wounded. It is used as a varnish, in making candles, and as a substitute for incense and for amber. Called also liquid copal, and white dammar.
Webster 1913

Piney tallow

  • a solid fatty substance, resembling tallow, obtained from the roasted seeds of the Vateria Indica; called also dupada oil.
Webster 1913

Piney thistle

  • (Bot.), a plant (Atractylis gummifera), from the bark of which, when wounded, a gummy substance exudes.
Webster 1913