turpentine, oil of turpentine, spirit of turpentine, turps
(noun) volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally
turpentine, gum terpentine
(noun) obtained from conifers (especially pines)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
turpentine (countable and uncountable, plural turpentines)
A volatile essential oil obtained from the wood of pine trees by steam distillation; it is a complex mixture of monoterpenes; it is used as a solvent and paint thinner.
• turps
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turpentine (third-person singular simple present turpentines, present participle turpentining, simple past and past participle turpentined)
(transitive) To drain resin from (a tree) for use in making turpentine.
Source: Wiktionary
Tur"pen*tine, n. Etym: [F. térébentine, OF. also turbentine; cf. Pr. terebentina, terbentina, It. terebentina, trementina; fr. L. terebinthinus of the turpentine tree, from terebinthus the turpentine tree. Gr. Terebinth.]
Definition: A semifluid or fluid oleoresin, primarily the exudation of the terebinth, or turpentine, tree (Pistacia Terebinthus), a native of the Mediterranean region. It is also obtained from many coniferous trees, especially species of pine, larch, and fir.
Note: There are many varieties of turpentine. Chian turpentine is produced in small quantities by the turpentine tree (Pistacia Terebinthus). Venice, Swiss, or larch turpentine, is obtained from Larix Europæa. It is a clear, colorless balsam, having a tendency to solidify. Canada turpentine, or Canada balsam, is the purest of all the pine turpentines (see under Balsam). The Carpathian and Hungarian varieties are derived from Pinus Cembra and Pinus Mugho. Carolina turpentine, the most abundant kind, comes from the long-leaved pine (Pinus palustris). Strasburg turpentine is from the silver fir (Abies pectinata). Oil of turpentine (Chem.), a colorless oily hydrocarbon, C10H16, of a pleasant aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of crude turpentine. It is used in making varnishes, in medicine, etc. It is the type of the terpenes and is related to cymene. Called also terebenthene, terpene, etc.
– Turpentine moth (Zoöl.), any one of several species of small tortricid moths whose larvæ eat the tender shoots of pine and fir trees, causing an exudation of pitch or resin.
– Turpentine tree (Bot.), the terebinth tree, the original source of turpentine. See Turpentine, above.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
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