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Definition of Copal
1. Noun. A brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes.
Generic synonyms: Natural Resin
Definition of Copal
1. Noun. A resinous exudation from various tropical trees used chiefly in making varnishes and printing ink. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Copal
1. a resin [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Copal
Literary usage of Copal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"copal, a resin which exudes spontaneously from two trees, ... A third species of
copal-tree grows on the coasts of Guinea, especially on the banks of some ..."
2. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1851)
"Oil of rosemary, when thick and old, only causes the copal to swell ; that which
has been newly rectified, or as it is usually met with in the market, ..."
3. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1851)
"copal AND copal VARNISH. Он the different sorts of copal found in Ae market, and
on the Mode of Manufacturing copal Varnish fur ..."
4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1851)
"Old ml uf turpentine has but little action un this copal; • mure recently distilled
... of equal parta of uil and copal, remains fluid enough fur use. ..."
5. The Manufacture of Varnishes and Kindred Industries: Based on and Including by John Geddes M'Intosh, Achille Livache (1908)
"If " copal " be originally a Mexican word, yet it would be erroneous to suppose
as formerly that commercial copal comes from Mexico. ..."
6. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"It is classed as raw or jackass copal, and ripe or truu copaL The value of the
latter is estimated by its colour, the clearest and most transparent pieces ..."
7. Mackenzie's five thousand receipts in all the useful and domestic arts by Colin MacKenzie (1853)
"Reduce the copal to a very fine powder, und introduce it by small portions ...
The use of copal varnish made with ether seems, by the expense attending it, ..."
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