terebinthn.

/ˈtɛrɪbɪnθ/

Forms: Middle English theribynte, terebynt, Middle English–1500s therebinthe, 1500s terebynte, terebint, terebinthe, teribinth, 1500s– terebinth.

Etymology: = Old French therebint(e (13th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), -binthe, -bin, terebinte (Godefroy Compl.), = Spanish terebinto, Italian terebinto; < Latin terebinthus (Pliny), < Greek τερέβινθος, earlier τέρβινθος and τέρμινθος, probably a foreign word.

a. A tree of moderate size, Pistacia Terebinthus, N.O. Anacardiaceæ, a native of Southern Europe, Northern Africa, and Western Asia, the source of Chian turpentine, and a common object of veneration; also called turpentine tree, and Algerine or Barbary mastic-tree.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > [noun] > terebinth (turpenine) tree

oaka1382

terebintha1382

terebinthine1513

turpentine tree1562

terebinth tree1572

turpentine1601

turpin1688

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xxiv. 22 I as terebynt streiȝte out my braunchis.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xxxv. 4 [Jacob] indeluede hem vndur an theribynte, that is bihynde the cite of Sichem.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. vi. D As the Terebyntes and Oketrees bringe forth their frutes.

1578 Bible (Geneva) Ecclus. xxiv. 18 (margin) Terebinth is a hard tree..whereout runneth y^e gumme called a pure turpentine.

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. July 86 Here growes Melampode..And Teribinth, good for Gotes.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 389 In Syria grows the Terebinth or Terpentine tree... This fruit of the Terebinth ripeneth with grapes.

1609 Bible (Douay) I. 1 Kings xiii. 14 He..found him sitting under a terebinth.

1860 H. B. Tristram Great Sahara vii. 112 The terebinth is a fine oak-like tree, with a close-grained hard black wood..standing usually in solitary dignity.

1860 W. A. Wright in W. Smith Dict. Bible I. 858/1 The terebinth at Mamre, beneath which Abraham built an altar.

1885 Bible (R.V.) Isa. vi. 13 As a terebinth, and as an oak.

b. Also terebinth tree.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > [noun] > terebinth (turpenine) tree

oaka1382

terebintha1382

terebinthine1513

turpentine tree1562

terebinth tree1572

turpentine1601

turpin1688

1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie iii. f. 23^v The fielde is of the Moone, a Therebinthe tree, Saturne, floured and leafed, Veneris.

1861 E. A. Beaufort Egypt. Sepulchres II. xvi. 36 All about Kedesh there is still a remarkable number of lofty terebinth trees.

†2. The resin of this tree; = turpentine n. Obsolete.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other vegetable materials > plant resin > [noun] > oleoresins from coniferous trees

pitcheOE

turpentine1322

alkitranc1400

cedriac1420

perrosin?a1425

pitch-rosinc1450

terebinth1483

alchitrean1562

frankincense1577

Venice turpentine1577

terebinthine1578

Venetian turpentine1598

Burgundy pitch1678

Strasbourg turpentine1683

terebinthina1693

Scio turpentine1710

rhinehurst1724

Canada balsam1754

Canada turpentine1762

galipot1791

Canada pitch1831

dipping1832

pine gum1853

dip1856

scrape1856

virgin dip1856

pinol1889

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 51 b/1 Presente to that man yeftes, a lytyl reysyns and hony..therebinthe and dates.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. xv. 99 b To make [their hair] grow..they vse by continuall artifice Terebinthe and vernish.

1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants ii. i. iii. 67 The Root of Common Wormwood, bleeds..a true Terebinth, or a Balsame with all the defining properties of a Terebinth.

Derivatives

† tereˈbinthen adj. (also terebynten) Obsolete of terebinth.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [adjective] > other specific tree

aldernOE

ashena1400

terebinthenc1440

elmen1466

yewen1501

Brazil1577

walnut-tree1687

arbuteana1706

white pine1708

mahogany1730

teak-built1835

c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 1018 Putte in euery hole a wegge or pyn, A birchen here, a terebynten there.

† tereˈbinthial adj. Obsolete

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other vegetable materials > plant resin > [adjective] > oleoresin > from pine trees or turpentine

terebinthinated1651

terebinthine1656

terebinthinate1680

terebinthious1719

turpentiny1735

terebinthian1747

terebinthial1750

turpentined1759

terebinthinous1840

turpentinous1909

1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 158 These and every other Part of this Tree have so much of a terebinthial Quality in it, that it will..burn like a candle.

† tereˈbinthian adj. Obsolete of or belonging to the terebinth, or to turpentine; terebinthine.

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