Colophony : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Colophony	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Colophony
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
colophony n translucent brittle substance produced from pine oleoresin; used especially in varnishes and inks and on the bows of stringed instruments
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Colophony \Col"opho`ny\ (k[ocr]l"[osl]f[omac]n[ycr] or k[osl]l[ocr]f"[osl]*n[ycr]; 277), n. [Gr. 'h kolofwni`a (sc. "rhti`nh resin, gum) resin, fr. Kolofw`nios of or from Colophon in Ionia.] Rosin.