terebinthine, a. and n.
(tɛrɪˈbɪnθɪn)
Also 6 terebynthine, -bintine, -thin, 7 teribinthine.
[ad. L. terebinthinus, ter(e)bentinus, f. Gr. type *τερεβίνθινος, f. τερέβινθ-ος terebinth: see -ine1. Cf. F. térébenthine turpentine.]
A. adj.
1. Of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or allied to the terebinth.
| c 1550 Lloyd Treas. Health {fatpara}iij, Make a coife or cappe of waxe terebintine..and put it vpon the head. 1555 W. Watreman Fardle Facions ii. vii. 159 The fruicte of the Terebinthine tree. 1658 Phillips, Terebinthine,..belonging to the Terebinth, i. the Turpentine tree. 1838 Jackson Krummacher's Elisha i. 2 Under the shade of the terebinthine groves of Mamre. 1846 Keightley Notes Virg., Flora 393 It appears that it [a tree] was of the terebinthine, and not of the coniferous family. |
2. Of, pertaining to, or consisting of turpentine; turpentinic, turpentiny.
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Terebinthine, of or belonging to turpentine, or the tree out of which it issues. 1664 Evelyn Sylva 55 These knots..are well impregnated with that Terebinthine and Resinous matter, which..preserves them so long from putrifaction. 1710 T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 291 Copayba..hath a bitter, hot, Terebinthine Taste. 1796 Morse Amer. Geog. I. 191 Its knots and roots being full of the terebenthine oil. 1880 Scribner's Mag. Feb. 505 Pine rails..spicing the air with their terebinthine perfume. |
B. n. (elliptical uses of the adj.)
† 1. (= terebinthine tree.) The terebinth. Obs.
| [c 1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 226 Nim ða wyrt þe hatte on suþerne terebintina, swa micel swa ele berᵹe.] 1513 Douglas æneis x. iii. 39 Mair semely..than amyd the blak terebynthine Growis by Orycia, and as the geit dois schyne. |
† 2. (= terebinthine resin: cf. terebinthina.) Turpentine. Obs.
| 1578 Lyte Dodoens vi. xcii. 776 The Rosen [of the larch] is called..in Douche..Termenthiin, or Terbenthiin, that is to say, Terebinthin, or Turpentyn. 1605 Timme Quersit. i. xiii. 64 Out of teribinthine..a mercuriall spirit..may bee..extracted. 1725 Sloane Jamaica II. 90 Triangular berries..smelling like terebinthine. |
So tereˈbinthinous, † tereˈbinthious adjs.
| 1718 J. Chamberlayne Relig. Philos. (1730) II. xxiii. §29 The wonderful Particulars of Flowers, such as..their Store-Houses of slimy and terebinthious Matters. 1840 F. D. Bennett Whaling Voy. II. 352 Every part of the tree has..a terebinthinous odour. 1869 Eng. Mech. 24 Dec. 354/2 Produced by a..species of Aphis on a terebinthinous plant. |