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Definition of Gum albanum
1. Noun. A bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gum Albanum
Literary usage of Gum albanum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionarium Polygraphicum: Or, The Whole Body of Arts Regularly Digested ...by John] [Barrow by John] [Barrow (1735)
"The Brown-wood dye is thus: Take four ounces of Brown- wood fir It boil'd, a
quarter of an ounce of gum albanum, half an ounce of calcin'd falt-petre and ..."
2. A practical workshop companion for tin, sheet iron, and copper plate workers by Leroy J. Blinn (1866)
"... none of the water must be used,) in French brandy or good rum, as will make
a two- ounce vial of very strong glue, adding two small bits of gum albanum, ..."
3. The Chicago Medical Journal (1866)
"... none of the water must be used,) in French brandy or good rum, as will make
a two ounce phial of very strong glue, adding two small bits of gum albanum, ..."
4. The Magazine of Science, and Schools of Art (1842)
"... of the water must be used,) in French brandy or good rum, as will make a
two-ounce phial of very strong glue ; adding two small bits of gum albanum or ..."
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