| 单词 | mastic |
| 例句 | The hot black mastic sucking at their shoes and stretching in thin bands as they stepped. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z “Um, a mastic tree,” said one, and the other, “Well, gee, I guess it was a live oak.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Need some olive oil or mastic candy for home? Kapnos Kouzina review: Mike Isabella’s latest Greek outpost is homey and green 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z One custom drink on the menu is the Mediterranean martini, made of gin, dry vermouth, thyme, sea salt and mastiha, a liqueur derived from the hardened sap of the mastic tree. Named the World’s Best Bar, Dante Plans a Sequel 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z They’re fashioned into elegant little blocks in four flavors: rose, citrus, mastic and pomegranate, coated with almonds, then covered with white or dark chocolate and dusted with gold leaf. The Met’s ‘Heirloom Project’ Marks the 10th Anniversary of Its Islamic Wing 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Possible additions would be honey, saffron, mastic, cinnamon and other sweet spices. 20 best Mediterranean recipes: part 1 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z Methods include using a machine called a Dragon Patcher and applying mastic asphalt. Pothole repair trial under way 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Add the grout a day or two after you install the tiles, so the mastic is completely dry first. Advice | The best way to repair bathroom tile: Rip it out and start fresh 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z The size of the tile determines the size and shape of the notches in the trowel that spreads the mastic that holds the tile to the wall. Installing a tile backsplash is not as difficult as it seems 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Apply the mastic with a caulk gun, but smooth over the bead with a gloved hand, a brush or a putty knife to ensure the material fills the gap. Advice | What makes paint bubble and peel, and how can I fix it? 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Organic tile mastic — which is thick like icing on a cake — should never be used to set floor tile. How to successfully DIY a mosaic tile floor 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z The pieces are then assembled with lead strips, welded into a frame and covered with mastic, a kind of sealant, for protection. The Beirut Blast Shattered Her Masterpieces. Now, the Rebuilding Starts. 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z “As for human DNA, these mastics may present an alternative source for DNA from where there are limited amounts of preserved bones. But even more exciting is the ancient microbial DNA,” he said. Discarded Neolithic chewing gum helps recreate image of ancient Dane 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z As you install the tile, don’t allow any of the mastic or thinset to ooze up into the spaces between the tile. Installing a tile backsplash is not as difficult as it seems 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z A mastic tree at night the island of Chios in Greece. Opinion | Can This Ancient Greek Medicine Cure Humanity? 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z It was then a simple matter of using the same mastic a tile setter would use to secure the stone in place, then grouting around the edge with a mixture of Portland cement and sand. Former mason restores historic Idaho headstones 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Try the braised leeks with marinated green almonds and, at meal’s end, the Turkish coffee with a spoonful of mastic gum. 25 Trips to Take in Your Lifetime 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z The term “to masticate” comes from the Greeks, who, instead of gum, used a resin made from the mastic tree to exercise their jaws. The black plague: Mexico City’s war on chewing gum 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z There are special mastics that can coat the crown, and they perform quite well. A top-to-bottom list of what to check outside your home post winter 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z But Turner and others added paint matrix, called “gumtion” or “megilp,” a mixture of lead acetate, linseed oil, turpentine, and dried resin from mastic trees. How an 18th century concoction transformed oil painting 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z The only flavor he remembered that the Kurds were known for was the piney gum from the mastic tree. Jonathan Gold tells you what to order at the only Kurdish restaurant in the western United States 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z As tires pound over the pavement — and snow-removal equipment drops salt, sand and plow blades — the surface mastic is worn off, revealing the natural color of the aggregate below. Answer Man wonders why some parts of the Beltway look really, really shiny 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z A Babylonian clay tablet advises treating the pain of a burrowing 'tooth worm', which is thought to be the cause of caries, by plugging the hole with gum mastic and powdered henbane seeds. Painful progress : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z Ancient Greeks chewed sap from the mastic tree, Native Americans enjoyed spruce sap, and the Mayans also masticated tree secretions. Do Teeth Stand a Chance Against Halloween? 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z The island is famous for its production of mastic, a natural, gum-like resin with a distinctive flavour produced only by trees on certain sections of the island. Fire sweeps across Greek island 2012-08-20T15:39:24Z Some cold mastics become very pliable with the warmth of the hands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Former accountants and Web designers are growing potatoes on Naxos, collecting resin from mastic trees on Chios and tending wheat fields on Crete. The Way Greeks Live Now 2012-02-14T01:00:08Z Many species are rich in gums and resins; the calambac, mastic, copal, cedar, &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z The path was difficult but not dangerous, winding upward through rocks fringed with dwarf ilex, box, and mastic, which made the air fragrant. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z Used as a natural chewing gum, a cooking spice and for pharmaceutical and cooking purposes, mastic resin is a major source of income for the islanders. Fire sweeps across Greek island 2012-08-20T15:39:24Z “Diana, or maids mix its chaplets with the mastic, as a tree of all others most fruitful, but not with the myrtle, which, as sacred to Venus, may not appear in a professed virgin’s wreath.” Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship 2011-09-12T02:00:27.807Z The mountains there bear turpentine and mastic trees, and Persian nuts, from which they make a great deal of oil for the king. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z As he moved, the railing he had been standing beside exploded, spewing slivers of mastic wood into the evening air. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The mastic varnish that won't bloom will be a great triumph. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z At last the train steams out of the station, and takes its deliberate way along the coast, through woods of fir trees, bushes of arbutus and mastic, and the many flowers which stud the earth. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z The ancient Greeks chewed a sticky, stringy substance from the bark of mastic trees, which are found in Greece. 2010-09-27T04:00:00Z The richer rock is utilized as a source of asphalt “mastic,” which is employed for footpaths, floors, roofs, &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" At that moment the lid of the tankard seemed to disconnect in midair, spinning sideways as it ricocheted off the post of carved mastic wood at the top of the stairs. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z We know that mastic and various resins are soluble in alcohol, and are precipitated when the solution is poured into water: Eau de Cologne, for example, produces a white precipitate when poured into water. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. The special character of the effect is the result of sprinkling finely-powdered resin or mastic over the plate, and causing this to adhere by heat, the design being previously etched, or being now traced out. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli There are valuable forests, in which grow various sorts of pines and oaks, ash, cedar, myrtle, pistachio-nut, mastic, carob, &c. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide There are moreover many properties common to colloidal solutions and suspensions of fine powders, such as kaolin, mastic, charcoal, or Indian ink. The Mechanism of Life Jewellers’ or Armenian cement consists of isinglass with mastic and gum ammoniac dissolved in spirit. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" The effect is very interesting when a solution of mastic is permitted to drop into such a tube, and the fine precipitate to diffuse itself in the water. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. When they wish to remove the cup they have only to remove this mastic. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 Cedria, or cedar resin, is a substance similar to mastic, that flows from incisions in the tree; and cedar manna is a sweet exudation from its branches. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Bad as we conceive the use of mastic always to have been, it was not, until comparatively modern times, employed in the most injurious manner. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 Quicklime mixed with white of egg, hardened Canada balsam, and thick copal or mastic varnish are also useful for cementing broken china, which should be warmed before their application. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" With a cell an inch and a half in width, containing water, into which the solution of mastic is suffered to drop, the same effect may be obtained. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. To each pint of this solution is gradually added, while stirring, one-fourth ounce of sal-ammoniac and one and one-third ounces of gum mastic, previously dissolved in four ounces of rectified spirits. Paper and Printing Recipes A Handy Volume of Practical Recipes, Concerning the Every-Day Business of Stationers, Printers, Binders, and the Kindred Trades A red mastic is made at the Kykko Monastery which has acquired local fame. Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products On the table was an empty coffee cup and a glass of mastic. Command I recall one moment, after our meal in the late afternoon, as we sat on the little balcony above the caf�, smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee and mastic. Captain Macedoine's Daughter This mercantile brotherhood, formerly a privileged class, alone exploited the mastic trade; at the same time the Greeks were allowed to retain their rights of self-government and continued to exercise their industries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" The northern part is covered with bushes of laurel 86 and mastic, but there are scarcely any large trees. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" At first, they found only a workman's shack, and ground haphazardly planted with dwarf palms and mastic trees. Letters from my Windmill It consists of a large gutta-percha glove, which is put on the hand and hermetically sealed at the wrist by a mixture of mastic and vaseline. Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso Here and there among the excited proletariat sat dignified old gentlemen with drooping moustaches sipping mastic, munching caviar sandwiches, and reading newspapers. Captain Macedoine's Daughter Its figs were noted in ancient times, but wine and gum mastic have always been the most important products. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" Expansion joints may consist of a sheet of bituminous mastic prepared for the purpose and set in place in the pavement. American Rural Highways At other times he used mastic, which being yet soft, took the impression of the seal, then when that was hardened he put on another seal with the same impression. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. The sides of the rooms where fireplaces were located were completely paneled to the ceiling, and above the fireplace openings were narrow panels on which were hunting scenes done in mastic. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia We have been told that drying oil mixed with mastic varnish has been, though not very recently, used in our National Gallery. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 When the mastic is dissolved, put in an ounce of Venice turpentine, and agitate the whole till the turpentine is perfectly dissolved. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families If any part of the furniture has carving about it, where it will be impossible to polish, it must be done with mastic varnish, and a camel’s hair brush, after the rest is finished. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual In Africa and the isle of Scios they make incisions in the stems, from which the gum mastic is procured. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Blood is used in the formation of mastic; also in the refining of sugar, oil, &c.; and is an excellent manure for fruit trees. Delineations of the Ox Tribe The Natural History of Bulls, Bisons, and Buffaloes. Exhibiting all the Known Species and the More Remarkable Varieties of the Genus Bos. We believe it is copal, but rendered removable as mastic. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 Mix six ounces of pure mastic gum with the same quantity of pounded glass, and introduce the compound into a bottle containing a pint of oil of turpentine. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Andros Island and the Abaco Islands may be specially noted for their profusion of large timber, including mahogany, mastic, lignum vitae, iron and bullet woods, and many others. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Gum mastic dissolved in alcohol, and white shellac dissolved in naphtha, are two other white cements. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. The odor of mastic, cosmetics, and burnt hair, floating over the stage, nauseated her. The Comedienne Spirits of wine and mastic varnish mixed very thin and put on in the same way with a brush. Handbook of Embroidery To an ounce of gum mastic add as much highly rectified spirits of wine as will dissolve it. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families The composition of the asphalt was as follows: 440 lbs. rock asphalt mastic, 3 gallons coal tar, and 5 gallons silicious sand. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs Call now to mind the observation, or effort at observation, made by our President, when he failed to distinguish the particles of mastic in Bruecke's medium, and when you have done this, please follow me. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 The smell of mastic, cosmetics, and perfume were to them the sweetest odors. The Comedienne Pistacia lentiscus.—The mastic tree, a native of southern Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture ‘Mastic’ is doubtless an adjective formed without recondite significance from the substantive ‘mastic,’ i.e. the gum commonly used at the time for stopping decayed teeth. A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles As soon as the surface was dry it was covered with a layer of asphalt mastic 1 in. thick and rubbed down to a finish with dry sand and cement in equal parts. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs One gramme of clean mastic is dissolved in eighty-seven grammes of absolute alcohol, and the transparent solution is allowed to drop into a beaker containing clear water, kept briskly stirred. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Before supper they consulted together in the privacy of Trombin's room over a thimbleful of Greek mastic, which they drank as an appetiser. Stradella It is abundant in Mindanao Island, but, like gum mastic, it can only be procured in small quantities, depending on the caprice or necessities of the mountain-tribes. The Philippine Islands The "mastic" cement formerly described may be employed for this purpose. On Laboratory Arts Several firms manufacture and sell ready made priming paints and mastics for waterproofing concrete by substantially the above method. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs When the proportion of mastic to alcohol is correct, the resin is precipitated so finely as to elude the highest microscopic power. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Egyptian artists three thousand years B.C. used this method, and various mediums, such as wax and mastic, were added as a fixative. Masters of Water-Colour Painting Unite 1 ounce of india rubber, 67 ounces of chloroform, and 40 ounces of mastic. Practical Mechanics for Boys I believe this to be substantially the same as Regnault's mastic, though I have never analysed the latter. On Laboratory Arts Where a heavier waterproofing is necessary the waterproofing compound is covered with one or more ⅝-in. coats of Sarco mastic. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs In Brücke's important experiments on the blue of the sky and the morning and evening red, pure mastic is dissolved in alcohol, and then dropped into water well stirred. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Coffee and mastic are served, and the compliments of the season are exchanged. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries To imitate ground glass, use a composition of sandarac, 2 1/2 ounces; mastic, 1/2 ounce; ether, 24 ounces; and benzine, 16 ounces. Practical Mechanics for Boys The collection of dragon's blood is carried on just like that of the mastic in Chios. Southern Arabia Other gums, as mastic, dammar, sandarac, and even resin are sometimes mixed with copal to cheapen the product or to cause more rapid drying. Handwork in Wood A still more brilliant result is obtained with mastic dissolved in a great excess of alcohol. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 The copper tube was covered with layers of mastic, wrapped firmly with cords, then coated with an equalizing layer of plaster. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America "Must I use copal or mastic?" said the young man. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings The two first-named ingredients are to be mixed first, and after the gum is dissolved, the mastic is to be added, and the whole allowed to macerate for a week. Notes and Queries, Number 188, June 4, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. The laurel and mastic became trees, the pine shot to a height of one hundred feet, and the beech and sycamore began to appear. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two A much thinner slice suffices for common water; while, with Bruecke's precipitated mastic, a slice too thin to produce any sensible effect with most other liquids, suffices to bring out vividly the selenite colours. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 In this river of Mares, whence we departed to-night, there is undoubtedly a great quantity of mastic, and much more could be raised, because the trees may be planted, and will yield abundantly. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 He wanted me to sell him some mastic, but I refused. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government Caoutchouc 15 grains, chloroform 2 ounces, mastic � an ounce. Notes and Queries, Number 188, June 4, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. The "stone" houses are built with double walls, three or four feet apart, of brick or rubble covered with mastic. Russian Rambles A Varnish for Musical Instruments.—Take one gallon of alcohol, 1 lb. gum sandarach, ½ lb. gum mastic, 2 lbs. best white resin, 3 lbs. gum benzoin; cut the gums cold. French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction The leaf and fruit are like the mastic, but the tree and leaf are larger. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 And we smoke the cups with one of those burning sticks of mastic. Bella Donna A Novel For further safety in this regard the matches may be rendered perfectly water-proof by dipping their ends in thin mastic or shellac varnish. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making The philosophy of the process is, the nitric acid eats or dissolves the brass, leaving a little brass island the size of the particle of mastic which was attached to the surface. Watch and Clock Escapements A Complete Study in Theory and Practice of the Lever, Cylinder and Chronometer Escapements, Together with a Brief Account of the Origin and Evolution of the Escapement in Horology French Varnish for Cabinet-work.—Take of shellac 1½ oz. gum mastic and gum sandarach, of each ½ oz., spirit of wine by weight 20 oz. French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction Here they have a great deal of fine and long cotton, and plenty of mastic. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 The bicycle-tape, and the mastic, and the dozen other devices for mending punctured tires are all very well in their way, but they are not absolutely reliable. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 42, August 26, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls The doublet was rent asunder by imperial decree, as when a lapidist melts the mastic that holds in deception adamant and glass, while real diamond stands all fire short of the hydro-oxygen flame. The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji To do acid frosting, we procure two ounces of gum mastic and place in the square sieve, shown at Fig. Watch and Clock Escapements A Complete Study in Theory and Practice of the Lever, Cylinder and Chronometer Escapements, Together with a Brief Account of the Origin and Evolution of the Escapement in Horology As she cast in the ingredients one by one, she chanted thus:— "Head of monkey, brain of cat, Eye of weasel, tail of rat, Juice of mugwort, mastic, myrrh— All within the pot I stir." The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest The Admiral says that he knew it was mastic, though it ought to be gathered at the proper season. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 Japan wood, fine wax, incense, mastic, and several other rich gums, are here met with; but the staple commodity is pepper, which this island produces in as great abundance as any place in India. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Here grow the trees from which mastic is obtained. The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela After heating to attach the particles of mastic, the dipping in nitric acid is done as just described. Watch and Clock Escapements A Complete Study in Theory and Practice of the Lever, Cylinder and Chronometer Escapements, Together with a Brief Account of the Origin and Evolution of the Escapement in Horology One gramme of clean mastic is dissolved in eighty-seven grammes of absolute alcohol, and the transparent solution is allowed to drop into a beaker containing clear water briskly stirred. Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 The last did not prove to be a commercial resin like the mastic of Scio. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 Solution is readily effected and when it is completed add two and one-half drachms of mastic. The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home A new building was erected upon its site, by Mr. Sturtevant, of iron and brick covered with mastic, 130 feet long on Maverick square, with an average width of no feet, and containing 180 rooms. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 2, November, 1884 To obtain a nice frosting the process of applying the mastic and etching must be repeated three or four times, when a beautiful coarse-grain mat or frosting will be produced. Watch and Clock Escapements A Complete Study in Theory and Practice of the Lever, Cylinder and Chronometer Escapements, Together with a Brief Account of the Origin and Evolution of the Escapement in Horology A few larger keys were covered with heavier timber, pine, oak, mastic, palmetto and other woods. Dick in the Everglades The Admiral concluded that Cipango was in that island, and that it contained much gold, spices, mastic, and rhubarb. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 Let the patient take one scruple and a half of pilon in water before going to bed; make a fumigation for the womb of mastic, frankincense and burnt frogs, adding the hoof of a mule. The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy Varnish.—Place four ounces of rectified spirit of wine in a wide-mouthed bottle; add one ounce of gum sandarac, a quarter of an ounce of gum mastic, and a drachm of camphor, all in powder. The Lady's Album of Fancy Work for 1850 The shellac protection will not need much patching up during the three or four bitings of acid, as the turpentine used to wash off the mastic does not much affect the shellac coating. Watch and Clock Escapements A Complete Study in Theory and Practice of the Lever, Cylinder and Chronometer Escapements, Together with a Brief Account of the Origin and Evolution of the Escapement in Horology To prepare it, dissolve one-half ounce of Dammar rosin and one-half ounce of gum mastic in three ounces of benzole, and filter. Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 On this islet he also found many plants of mastic. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 I have already elsewhere given particulars concerning red wood, mastic, perfumes, green colouring material, cotton, amber, and many other products of this island. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera It was observed in this place that all the firewood they used was from a tree in every respect resembling the mastic, but much larger than those of Europe. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 03 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time A little turpentine on a rag will remove the mastic, but turpentine will not touch the shellac coating. Watch and Clock Escapements A Complete Study in Theory and Practice of the Lever, Cylinder and Chronometer Escapements, Together with a Brief Account of the Origin and Evolution of the Escapement in Horology Place them on a level surface, apply heat, and melt some mastic or good sealing wax in the same. Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885 They saw excellent lands, and many mastic trees, some specimens of which they took; but this is not the time for collecting it, as it does not coagulate. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 But this was of little value, compared to the turpentine and mastic I hoped to procure from the pistachios, to compose a sort of pitch to complete our intended boat. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island Among the multitude of other trees, there were great numbers of mastic, aloes, and palms, with long smooth green trunks, and other plants innumerable. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 03 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Under a microscope of ordinary power it is impossible to distinguish any particles of varnish; it looks like a homogeneous fluid, though we know that mastic will not dissolve in water. Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 Upon the surface of this a mastic or cementing paste, is gradually spread, as the progress of the work makes it wanted, which forms the adhesive ground, or bed, on which the mosaic is laid. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 289, December 22, 1827 An Indian said by signs that the mastic was good for pains in the stomach.” The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 They are not really barren all over, but they are quite destitute of verdure; and tufts of thyme, wild mastic, or mint, though they sound well, are not nearly so pretty as grass. Heroes of the Telegraph Some of the trees resembled mastic, and others lignum aloes, some like palms with smooth green stems, and many other kinds. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 03 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Now mastic is practically insoluble in water, and directly the alcoholic solution comes in contact with the water it separates out in very fine particles, which, from their very fineness, remain suspended in the water. Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 This mastic is composed of fine lime from burnt marble, and finely powdered Travertine stone, mixed to the consistence of a paste, with strong linseed oil. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 289, December 22, 1827 Thursday, 15th of November The Admiral went to examine these islands in the ships’ boats, and speaks marvels of them, how he found mastic, and aloes without end. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 Copal, mastic, guaiacum, and colophony or pine resin, are some of them. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section R The chief productions are wheat, wine, oil, mastic, figs, raisins, honey, wax, cotton and silk. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 In it has been very cautiously dropped an alcoholic solution of mastic. Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 About this time a company was formed for the purchase of a patent obtained for the manufacture of a durable paint and fire-proof mastic from prepared iron ore. Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men The Admiral sent people on shore, who found a great deal of mastic, but did not gather it. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 To keep this mineral when in crystals from crumbling upon exposure it may be dipped in a thin mastic varnish or in a gum-arabic solution. Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 The most celebrated resin bears the name of mani; and of this we saw masses of several hundred-weight, resembling colophony and mastic. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Through thickets of myrtle and mastic, around which the rue and lavender grew in dense clusters, we reached the foot of the mountain, and began ascending the celebrated Ladder of Tyre. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain It is then used in a thin state as a paint for surfaces, whether of wood stone or metal, exposed to the weather, and in a thicker state for a fire-proof mastic. Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men I bordered the doors of pine and mastic wood with bronze garnitures, and I calculated their distance. Babylonian and Assyrian Literature Powdered rhubarb, Socotrine aloes, and gum mastic, each one scruple; make into twelve pills: one before and one after dinner. Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby Her cities would dissolve, traffic would decay, friendships be broken, were not my speech the knot, mercury, and mastic, to bind, defend, and glue them together. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 The sides are covered with thickets of broom, myrtle, arbutus, ilex, mastic and laurel, overgrown with woodbine, and interspersed with patches of sage, lavender, hyssop, wild thyme, and rue. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain The ore is crushed with machinery of great strength, and about three tons of the paint are produced daily, besides the mastic, and find ready market. Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men We winded our way among bushes of myrtle and mastic till we reached the willow-city. Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel Was it not possible, in the first place, he had not completely excluded the air by his corks and mastic? Discourses Biological and Geological Essays This is a fine clear varnish, being harder and less coloured than mastic, while it is as soluble, and may be had at one-tenth the price. Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets The mountains we crossed were covered with thickets of myrtle, mastic, daphne, and arbutus, and all the valleys and sloping meads waved with fig, mulberry, and olive trees. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain The exports are almost entirely comprised in gum mastic and ivory. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 "Hush!" whispered Tom, and parted the bushes with one hand, his other still clinging to the mastic's collar. Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret When asked for a cool draught, she handed me a metal saucer, whose contents smelt strongly of mastic, earnestly directing me to drink it in a sitting posture. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 Take of gum sandrack 4 ounces; mastic 1 ounce; Elmi rosin 1/2 ounce; Venice turpentine 1 ounce; alcohol 15 ounces. Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets A line of sandy hills, covered with thickets of myrtle and mastic, shut off the view of the plain and meadows between the sea and the hills of Samaria. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain There was a large growth of the usual shrubs arbutus, mastic, and dwarf-cypress, and the surface of the ground was so completely covered with masses of rock that walking was most difficult. Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 She, the queen of Resin-bees; she, who collects a lump of mastic the size of one's fist, enough to subdivide hundreds of her kinswomen's Snail-shells: well, she, by way of a spoon, carries a rake! Bramble-Bees and Others One goes as best one can over hill and dale through dwarf palms and mastic trees. Tartarin De Tarascon Second.—When the painting is finished let it dry four days, and then cover the front with a coat of mastic varnish. Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets Our road followed the shore of the bay, having a narrow, uninhabited flat, covered with thickets of myrtle and mastic, between us and the mountains. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain The country was exceedingly wild for some miles as we ascended through bush of young pines, dwarf-cypress, and mastic, occasionally passing pines of larger growth, which had, as usual, been mutilated. Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 All around spread the plains in waste, burnt grass, leafless shrubs, thickets of cactus and mastic—"the Granary of France!"—a granary void of grain, alas! and rich alone in vermin and jackals. Tartarin of Tarascon They were thickly wooded, and we thought we found cinnamon, aloes and mastic. 1492 Materials required are a palette, palette-knife, flat varnish brush, three sizes of bristle brushes, three sizes of table brushes, drying oil, mastic varnish, spirits of turpentine, Grecian varnish. Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets And in this Rio de Mares, from which I departed last night, without doubt there is the greatest quantity of mastic, and there might be more if more were desired. The Life of Columbus From His Own Letters and Journals and Other Documents of His Time The arbutus, myrtle, and the mastic are trees of so small a growth that they cannot be classed with "Woods and Forests." Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 There were some pretty intelligent little girls and boys; some of these were chewing mastic gum, a white leathery substance which they gathered from incisions in the bark of this common shrub. Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 Upon our right we skirted a deep ravine, the bottom and sides of which were completely covered with mastic shrubs, and myrtles. Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 |
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