MASTICS

Noun

mastics

plural of mastic

Anagrams

• Stimacs, castism, misacts, miscast

Source: Wiktionary

MASTIC

Mas"tic, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. mastiche, mastichum, Gr. [Written also mastich.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: A low shrubby tree of the genus Pistacia (P. Lentiscus), growing upon the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, and producing a valuable resin; -- called also, mastic tree.

2. A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by incision. The best is in yellowish white, semitransparent tears, of a faint smell, and is used as an astringent and an aromatic, also as an ingredient in varnishes.

3. A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc. Barbary mastic (Bot.), the Pistachia Atlantica.

– Peruvian mastic tree (Bot.), a small tree (Schinus Molle) with peppery red berries; -- called also pepper tree.

– West Indian mastic (Bot.), a lofty tree (Bursera gummifera) full of gum resin in every part.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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