sarcocol(l Now rare.
(ˈsɑːkəkɒl)
[ad. late L. sarcocolla: see next.]
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| c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 153 Take oile of rosis..mirre, sarcocol [etc.]. 1526 Grete Herball ccclxxxviii. (1529) X iv, Sarcocolle is hote and drye in the thyrde degre. c 1550 H. Lloyd Treas. Health M ij, A fumigacion made of Sarcocoll upon hote Coles. 1612 tr. Valentinus' Enchir. Med. 98 Mastich and sarcocol mixt together. 1712 tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 198 Sarcocol is a Gum that flows from a little prickly Shrub, whereof the Leaves are like the Palta Sena. 1819 J. G. Children Chem. Anal. 286 Sarcocoll; colour yellow, resembles gum arabic in appearance. 1846 Lindley Veget. Kingd. 577 A sub-viscid, sweetish..gum-resin called Sarcocol..is said to be produced by various species [of Penæa]. |