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Meaning of GALIPOT

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Gal"i*pot\, n. [F. galipot; cf. OF. garipot the wild
pine or pitch tree.]
An impure resin of turpentine, hardened on the outside of
pine trees by the spontaneous evaporation of its essential
oil. When purified, it is called yellow pitch, white pitch,
or Burgundy pitch.
 

 

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