Meaning of adragant | Babel Free

Definitions

Gum tragacanth.

obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“From the second Sort Monsieur Tournefort says, the Gum Adragant or Dragon is produced in Crete; of which he gives the following Relation in his Voyage to the Levant : “We had (says he) the Satisfaction “of fully observing the Gum “Adragant […]”

“3. Gum adragant.—The gum adragant […] flows from the adragant of Crete, a small shrub […]”

“Make a color composed of brown red, and a little flat, or Venetian lake, previously grinded with gum adragant. Then, with a largish brush, take of that color and asperse your oiled marble with it, by striking the handle of the brush on your wrist, ...”

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