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Definition of Gamboges
1. gamboge [n] - See also: gamboge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gamboges
Literary usage of Gamboges
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"The corruption to gamboges probably took effect under the supposition of a derivation
... A further corruption converted gamboges into ..."
2. Chemical Instructor: Presenting a Familiar Method of Teaching the Chemical by Amos Eaton (1822)
"The most common of these is called shell-lac. There are compounds of gum and
resin, called gmn-resi'is, gamboges anc' ..."
3. Letters from and to Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe by Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, William Kirkpatrick Riland Bedford (1888)
"... a pair of black moustachios relieved with deep gamboges. To me these gentlewomen
had no reserves—nor I to yon; but, de grace, spare all our fames by ..."
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