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Definition of Colophony
1. Noun. Translucent brittle substance produced from pine oleoresin; used especially in varnishes and inks and on the bows of stringed instruments.
Definition of Colophony
1. n. Rosin.
Definition of Colophony
1. Noun. rosin; the residue left after the distillation of oil of turpentine from liquid resin. Used in pharmaceutical preparations, soldering fluxes, and by violinists. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Colophony
1. [n -NIES]
Medical Definition of Colophony
1. Synonym: rosin. Origin: Colophon, Summit, a town in Ionia (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Colophony
Literary usage of Colophony
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1871)
"colophony and Pinic Acid. The colophony or resin, obtained by distilling turpentine
with ... According to Unverdorben, colophony (as also the resia of Pinus ..."
2. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1911)
"colophony dissolves in solutions of alkali hydroxides, and of alkali metal
carbonates, with formation of so-called resin soaps consisting of impure ..."
3. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1850)
"Venetian turpentine, 9 ozs. shell-lac, J oz. colophony, lamp-black mixed with oil of
... Venetian turpentine, 7 ozs. fine shell-lac, 3 ozs. colophony, Ц oz. ..."
4. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Applications of the Science in the Arts by Thomas Graham (1842)
"colophony, OR RESIN OF TURPENTINE. Common turpentine affords when distilled ...
The properties of the mixture of these resins or colophony are familiar; ..."
5. Timber: A Comprehensive Study of Wood in All Its Aspects, Commercial and by Paul Charpentier, Joseph Kennell, tr (1902)
"colophony OR ROSIN. This resin is not a pure direct principle; ... The pinic acid
constitutes the amorphous resin contained in colophony ; it is very ..."
6. Elements of chemistry, including the applications of the science in the arts by Thomas Graham (1842)
"colophony, OR RESIN OF TURPENTINE. Common turpentine affords when distilled ...
The properties of the mixture of these resins or colophony are familiar; ..."
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