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Galipot definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GAL'IPOT, n. A white resin or resinous juice which flows by incision from the pine tree, especially the maritime pine. Galipot encrusts the wounds of fir trees during winter. It consists of resin and oil.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a hardened deposit of resin formed on the stem of the cluster pine. Etymology: F: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Barras Bar"ras, n. [F.] A resin, called also galipot.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Galipot Gal"i*pot, n. [F. galipot; cf. OF. garipot the wild pine or pitch tree.] An impure resin of turpentine, hardened on the outside of pine trees by the spontaneous evaporation of its essential oil. When purified, it is called yellow pitch, white pitch, or Burgundy pitch.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. [Written also Gallipot.] 1. Concrete turpentine, resin (of the Pinus maritimus). 2. Burgundy pitch, common frankincense.