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‖ olibanum|əʊˈlɪbənəm|
Also 6 oly-, 7 ole-, olli-.
[a. med.L. olibanum, 11th c. (in Sp., It. olíbano, F. oliban), immed. or indirectly from Gr. λίβανος, late L. libanus (Vulgate) frankincense.]
An aromatic gum resin obtained from trees of the genus Boswellia, appearing in commerce in the form of irregular yellowish lumps; formerly used as a medicine but now chiefly as incense.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. clxxiii. (1495) 714 The tree..hyght Libanus and the gumme therof hyghte Olibanum, and hath that name of a mount in Arabia. c1475Sqr. lowe Degre 849 Cloves that be swete smellyng, Frankensence and olibanum. 1583Rates of Customs D iv b, Olibanum the pound xiid. 1605Timme Quersit. iii. 172 Take..aloes hepat., myrrhe, olebanum, mastic. 1625Purchas Pilgrims I. iii. xi. 273 A small Frigat of Shaher, laden with course Ollibanum. 1712tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 200 Olibanum drops from the Tree plentifully, in roundish Drops. 1899Westm. Gaz. 23 Sept. 8/3 It is popularly supposed that there is a trade secret in the making of incense, but..it is composed simply of gum olibanum, Siam benjamin, cascarilla bark, myrrh, and copal varnish.
[Note. Various suggestions have been offered to account for the med.L. form: e.g. that the word has been influenced by oleum oil, or was perh. contracted from oleum libani; that it contains the Gr. article ὁ λίβανος; that it is derived from or influenced by the Arabic al-lubān.] |