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lentisk|lɛnˈtɪsk| Forms: 5–7 lentiske, 7 lentick(e, 7, 9 lentisc, 8 lentisck, 7– lentisk. Also 7 in It. or Sp. form lentisco. [ad. L. lentisc-us. Cf. F. lentisque.] The mastic tree (Pistacia lentiscus). Also attrib.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. ii. 429 Lentiskis greynes fele and ripe a slepe Thou brynge a day and nyght to hete yfere. 1562Turner Herbal ii. 29 The rosine of y⊇ lentiske tree called mastick deserueth.. prayse. 1616B. Jonson Devil an Ass iv. i, Oyles of Lentisco. 1624Capt. Smith Virginia i. 2 The Lentisk that beareth Mastick. 1625–6Purchas Pilgrims ii. 1277 The Lenticke tree..is well nigh onely proper to Sio. 1644Evelyn Diary 30 Sept., Rosemary, lavender, lentiscs, and the like sweet shrubes. 1694Motteux Rabelais iv. lxiii. (1737) 257 Gymnast was making Tooth-pickers with Lentisk. 1751Sir J. Hill Mat. Med. 694 The Lentisc Wood, distill'd by the Retort, yields an acrid Phlegm in considerable Quantity. 1766Fawkes tr. Theocritus' Idyl vii. 154 Who courteous bad us on soft beds recline Of lentisk, and young branches of the vine. 1840Browning Sordello iv. 390, Where I set her Moorish lentisk, by the stair, To overawe the aloes. 1866Cornh. Mag. Nov. 540 Lentisk and beach-loving myrtle, both exceeding green and bushy. 1894P. Pinkerton Adriatica, Dream, By the lentisks of Taòrmina. |