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Meaning of PINEY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Pin"ey\, a.
    See {Piny}.
    
  2. \Pin"ey\, a. [Of East Indian origin.]
    A term used in designating an East Indian tree (the {Vateria
    Indica} or piney tree, of the order {Dipterocarpe[ae]}, which
    grows in Malabar, etc.) or its products.
    {Piney dammar}, {Piney resin}, {Piney varnish}, a pellucid,
       fragrant, acrid, bitter resin, which exudes from the piney
       tree ({Vateria Indica}) when wounded. It is used as a
       varnish, in making candles, and as a substitute for
       incense and for amber. Called also {liquid copal}, and
       {white dammar}.
    {Piney tallow}, a solid fatty substance, resembling tallow,
       obtained from the roasted seeds of the {Vateria Indica};
       called also {dupada oil}.
    {Piney thistle} (Bot.), a plant ({Atractylis gummifera}),
       from the bark of which, when wounded, a gummy substance
       exudes.
    
 
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