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Webster 1913 Edition
Piney
Pin′ey
,Adj.
[Of East Indian origin.]
A term used in designating an East Indian tree (the
Vateria Indica
or piney tree, of the order Dipterocarpeæ
, which grows in Malabar, etc.) or its products. Piney dammar
, Piney resin
, Piney varnish
a pellucid, fragrant, acrid, bitter resin, which exudes from the piney tree (
– Vateria Indica
) when wounded. It is used as a varnish, in making candles, and as a substitute for incense and for amber. Called also liquid copal
, and white dammar
. Piney tallow
, a solid fatty substance, resembling tallow, obtained from the roasted seeds of the
– Vateria Indica
; called also dupada oil
. Piney thistle
(Bot.)
, a plant (
Atractylis gummifera
), from the bark of which, when wounded, a gummy substance exudes.