See also:

• MASTIC, or MASTICH (Gr. µao-rixrt, probably connected with µaoavOai, to chew, since mastic is used in the East as a chewing gum)

MASTIC, or MASTICH (Gr. µao-rixrt, probably connected with µaoavOai, to chew, since mastic is used in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East as a chewing 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)  , a resinous exudation obtained from the lentisk, Pistacia lentiscus, an See also:

• EVERGREEN

evergreen See also:

• SHRUB

shrub of the natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order Anacardiaceae . The lentisk or See also:

• MASTIC, or MASTICH (Gr. µao-rixrt, probably connected with µaoavOai, to chew, since mastic is used in the East as a chewing gum)

mastic plant is indigenous to the Mediterranean See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast region from See also:

• SYRIA

Syria to See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, but grows also in See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal, See also:

• MOROCCO

Morocco and the Canaries . Although experiments have proved that excellent mastic might be obtained in other islands in the ' See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• ROMILLY, JOHN ROMILLY, 1ST BARON (1802-1874)
• ROMILLY, SIR SAMUEL (1757-1818)

Romilly, M.P. for See also:

• DEVONPORT
• DEVONPORT, EAST

Devonport, 1847 to 1852, was the last See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the rolls to sit in See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

Parliament . He was appointed master )f the rolls in 1851.873 See also:

• ARCHIPELAGO

archipelago, the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of the substance has been, since the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of Dioscorides, almost exclusively confined to the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

• CHIOS

Chios . The mastic districts of that island are for the most See also:

• PART

part See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat and stony, with little hills and few streams . The shrubs are about 6 ft. high . The See also:

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

resin is contained in the bark and not in 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, and in order to obtain it numerous See also:

• VERTICAL (from Lat. vertex, highest point)

vertical incisions are made, during See also:

• JUNE

June, See also:

• JULY

July and See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August, in the See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem and See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief branches . The resin speedily exudes and hardens into roundish or See also:

• OVAL (Lat. ovum, egg)

oval tears, which are collected, after about fifteen days, by See also:

• WOMEN

women and See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children in little baskets lined with 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 See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper or See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool . The ground around the trees is kept hard and clean, and flat pieces of See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone are often laid beneath them to prevent any droppings of resin from becoming contaminated with dirt . The collection is repeated three or four times between June and See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September, a See also:

• FINE

fine 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 being found to yield about 8 or to lb of mastic during the See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season . Besides that obtained from the incisions, mastic of very fine quality spontaneously exudes from the small branches . The See also:

• HARVEST (A.S. hcerfest " autumn," O.H. Ger. herbist, possibly through an old Teutonic root representing Lat. car pere, " to pluck ")

harvest is affected by showers of See also:

• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain during the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of collection, and the trees are much injured by See also:

• FROST (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch, vorst, Ger. Frost, from the common Teutonic verb meaning " to freeze," Dutch, vriezcn, Ger. frieren; the Indo-European root is seen in Lat. pruina, hoar-frost, cf. prurire, to itch, burn, pruna, burning coal, Sans
• FROST, WILLIAM EDWARD (1810–1877)

frost, which is, however, of rare occurrence in the districts where they grow .

Mastic occurs in See also:

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

commerce in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of roundish tears about the See also:

• SIZE

size of peas . They are transparent, with a glassy fracture, of a See also:

• PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the stem pag- of pangere, to fix; " pole " is from the same original source)

pale yellow or faint greenish tinge, which darkens slowly by See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . During the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries mastic enjoyed a high reputation as a See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine, and formed an ingredient in a large number of medical compounds; but its use in medicine is now obsolete, and it is chiefly employed for making See also:

• VARNISH

varnish . Pistacia Khinjuk and P. cabulica, trees growing throughout Sindh, See also:

• BALUCHISTAN

Baluchistan and Cabul, yield a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of mastic which is met with in the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian bazaars under the name of Mustagirumi, i.e . See also:

• ROMAN

Roman mastic . This when occurring in the See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market is known as See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Indian or Bombay mastic . In See also:

• ALGERIA
• ALGERIA (Algerie)

Algeria P . Atlantica yields a solid resin, which is collected and used by the See also:

• ARABS

Arabs as a masticatory . Cape mastic is the produce of Euryops multifidus, the resin See also:

• BUSH

bush, or harpuis See also:

• BOSCH (or Boa), JEROM (c. 1460-1518)

bosch of the Boers—a plant of the composite order growing abundantly in the Clanwilliam See also:

• DISTRICT

district . See also:

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

Dammar resin is sometimes sold under the name of mastic . The See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indian mastic tree is the Bursera gummifera and the Peruvian mastic is Schinus molle; but neither of these furnishes commercial resins . The name mastic tree is also applied to a See also:

• TIMBER

timber tree, Sider oxylon mastichodendron, nat. ord .

Sapotaceae, which grows in the West Indies and on the coast of See also:

• FLORIDA

Florida .