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colophany

colophany is the rare spelling of colophony.

Meaning of colophony

Noun

colophony (usually uncountable, plural colophonies)

  1. (usually) Rosin; the residue left after the distillation of oil of turpentine from liquid resin, used in pharmaceutical preparations, soldering fluxes, and by violinists.
    • This resin or turpentine is a very interesting and peculiar substance, or rather series of substances. It is valuable because tar, pitch, rosin, and colophony are obtained by distilling it.1907, G. F. Scott Elliot, The Romance of Plant Life

Forms of colophany

pluralcolophanies

Questions about colophany

What is colophany the rare spelling of?
Colophany is the rare spelling of colophony.

Words near colophany in the dictionary

  1. colopexies
  2. colopexotomies
  3. colopexotomy
  4. colopexy
  5. colophanies
  6. colophany
  7. colophene
  8. colophenes
  9. colophon
  10. colophone
  11. colophones

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