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6 words match “COLOPHON”

COLOPHON n.
ate of publication, printer's name, etc., formerly placed on the last page of a book. The colophon, or final description, fell into disuse, and . . . the title page had become the principal direct means of identifying the book. De Morgan. The book was uninjured from title page to colophon. Sir W. Scott.…
COLOPHONITE n.
A coarsely granular variety of garnet.
COLOPHONY n.
Rosin.
COLOPHANY n.
See Colophony.
COLOPHENE n.
A colorless, oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony. It is regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene. Called also diterebene.
ROSIN n.
The hard, amber-colored resin left after distilling off the volatile oil of turpentine; colophony. Rosin oil, an oil obtained from the resin of the pine tree, -- used by painters and for lubricating machinery, etc.