gum dammar
gum dammar is the alternative spelling of gum-dammer.
Meaning of gum-dammer
Noun
gum-dammer (uncountable)
- A pale, brittle, easily powdered resin produced from species of Shorea tree, used in varnishes, traditional lacquers, encaustic painting, incense, etc.
- Now the absorption of so much labour in the cultivation of this one product must necessarily have raised the price of food and other necessaries; and when it was abolished, more rice would be grown, more sago made, more fish caught, and more tortoise-shell, rattan, gum-dammer, and other valuable...1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 8
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- What is gum dammar the alternative spelling of?
- Gum dammar is the alternative spelling of gum-dammer.
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