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‖ zopissa|zəʊˈpɪsə|
[L., a. Gr. ζώπισσα, f. πίσσα pitch.]
†a. An old medicinal application made from wax and pitch scraped from the sides of ships. Obs.
b. A patent composition used as a hardening or protecting coat for metal, etc.
1601Holland Pliny xxiv. vii. II. 184 Zopissa, is that Pitch, which..is scraped from ships, and is confected of wax well soked in salt water of the sea. 1712tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 212 This Zopissa is a Composition of black Pitch, Rosin, Suet and Tar melted together. 1861Illustr. Lond. News 2 Feb. 108/1 To experimentalise on a portion of that stone with a substance called ‘zopissa’—phraseologically borrowed from Dioscorides..pitch-plaster.
1862Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 2653 The zopissa composition, for preserving iron and wooden ships against rust and decay, invented by N. C. Szerelmy. Ibid. 5089 Arabian zopissa waterproof and paper boards processes. |