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Definition of Mastic

1. Noun. An aromatic exudate from the mastic tree; used chiefly in varnishes.

2. Noun. A pasty cement used as an adhesive or filler.

3. Noun. An evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin.

Definition of Mastic

1. n. A low shrubby tree of the genus Pistacia (P. Lentiscus), growing upon the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, and producing a valuable resin; -- called also, mastic tree.

Definition of Mastic

1. Noun. An evergreen shrub or small tree, ''Pistacia lentiscus'', native to the Mediterranean. ¹

2. Noun. A hard, brittle, aromatic and transparent resin produced by this tree and used to make varnishes and chewing gum, and as a flavouring. ¹

3. Noun. A flexible, waterproof cement used as an adhesive, sealant or filler. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mastic

1. an aromatic resin [n -S]

Medical Definition of Mastic

1. 1. A low shrubby tree of the genus Pistacia (P. Lentiscus), growing upon the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, and producing a valuable resin; called also, mastic tree. 2. A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by incision. The best is in yellowish white, semitransparent tears, of a faint smell, and is used as an astringent and an aromatic, also as an ingredient in varnishes. 3. A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc. Barbary mastic, a lofty tree (Bursera gummifera) full of gum resin in every part. Origin: F, fr. L. Mastiche, mastichum, Gr, fr. To chew, because of its being used in the East for chewing Alternative forms: mastich. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mastic

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Literary usage of Mastic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"A resinous substance obtained from the common mastic-tree, ... In the East mastic is chewed by the women. food by я procees analogous to chewing, ..."

2. American Druggist (1891)
"The neighborhood of the mastic valleys is generally flat and stony, diversified with small hills ... It is a species of Lentiscus which produces the mastic. ..."

3. Elements of Chemistry by Victor Regnault, James Curtis Booth, William L. Faber (1865)
"A very hard mastic is made by mixing eight or ten parts of pounded ... This is called Dial's mastic: it is used for mending and pointing stone •walls. ..."

4. Waterproofing Engineering for Engineers, Architects, Builders, Roofers and by Joseph Ross (1919)
"fire-heated kettle until a satisfactory mastic was formed. ... Another mastic was then made with equal volumes of asphalt and mineral aggregate; ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Although experiments have proved that excel- ent mastic might be obtained in ... The mastic districts of that island are for the most part flat and stony, ..."

6. Waterproofing Engineering for Engineers, Architects, Builders, Roofers and by Joseph Ross (1919)
"fire-heated kettle until a satisfactory mastic was formed. ... Another mastic was then made with equal volumes of asphalt and mineral aggregate; ..."

7. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1901)
"Turbid solutions of clay, kaolin, silica, gum-mastic are flocked by so small ... the particles of gum-mastic or heat modified proteid move contrary to an ..."

8. History of Long Island: Containing an Account of the Discovery and by Benjamin Franklin Thompson (1839)
"Smith's original purchase called by the Indians mastic, and divided into several farms, one of which formerly belonged to General William Floyd, ..."

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