See also:

• DAMMAR, or DAMMER (Hind. damar=resin, pitch)

DAMMAR, or DAMMER (See also:

• HIND

Hind. damar=See also:

• RESIN (through O.Fr. resine, modern reline, from Lat. resina, prcbably Latinized from Greek Pirivrt, resin)

resin, See also:

• PITCH
• PITCH, MUSICAL

pitch)  , a See also:

• RESIN (through O.Fr. resine, modern reline, from Lat. resina, prcbably Latinized from Greek Pirivrt, resin)

resin, or rather See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of resins, obtained from various coniferous trees of the genus Dammara (Agathis) . See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• DAMMAR, or DAMMER (Hind. damar=resin, pitch)

dammar or See also:

• CAT
• CAT, CIVET
• CAT, HOUSE

cat's See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye resin is the produce of Dammara orientalis, which grows in See also:

• JAVA

Java, See also:

• SUMATRA

Sumatra, See also:

• BORNEO

Borneo and other eastern islands and some-times attains a height of 8o–See also:

• LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo ft . It oozes in large quantities from the See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree in a soft viscous See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, with a highly aromatic odour, which, however, it loses as it hardens by exposure . The resin is much esteemed in See also:

• ORIENTAL

oriental communities for See also:

• INCENSE

incense-burning . Dammar is imported into See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England by way of See also:

• SINGAPORE (Malay, Singapiira, i.e. " The City of the Lion")

Singapore; and as found in See also:

• BRITISH

British markets it is a hard, transparent, brittle, See also:

• STRAW

straw-coloured resin, destitute of odour . It is readily soluble in See also:

• ETHER, (C2H5)2O

ether, benzol and See also:

• CHLOROFORM (trichlor-methane), CHC13

chloroform, and with oil of See also:

• TURPENTINE (in M. Eng. turbentine, adapted through the O. Fr. turbentine or terebentine from Lat. terebinthina, sc. resina, resin of the terebinth, Gr. eepiOtvOos or eippavOos)

turpentine it forms a See also:

• FINE

fine transparent See also:

• VARNISH

varnish which dries clear, smooth and hard . The allied kauri See also:

• GUM (Fr. gomme, Lat. gommi, Gr. Kµµ1, possibly a Coptic word; distinguish " gum," the fleshy covering of the base of a tooth, in O. Eng. gbma, palate, cf. Ger. Gaumen, roof of the mouth; the ultimate origin is probably the root gha, to open wide, seen in

gum, or dammar of New See also:

• ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand (Australian dammar), is produced by Dammara australis, or kauri-See also:

• PINE (Lat. Pinus, Gr. srlrur)

pine, the See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood of which is used for wood paving . Much of the New Zealand resin is found fossil in circumstances analogous to the conditions under which the fossil See also:

• COPAL (Mexican copalli, incense)

copal of See also:

• ZANZIBAR

Zanzibar is obtained . Dammar is besides a generic Indian name for various other resins, which, however, are little known in western See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce . Of these the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal are See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black dammar (the Hindustani kala-damar), yielded by Canarium strictum, and See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white dammar, Indian copal, or piney varnish (sufed-damar), the produce of Vateria indica . Sal dammar (damar) is obtained from Shorearobusta; Hopea micrantha is the source of See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock dammar (the See also:

• MALAY

Malay dammer-See also:

• BATU

batu) ; and other See also:

• SPECIES

species yield resins which are similarly named and differ little in See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical properties .