Meanings
- obsoleteuncountableGum tragacanth.
3. Gum adragant.—The gum adragant […] flows from the adragant of Crete, a small shrub […]
1800, Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal, translated by W. Nicholson, Elements of Chemistry ... Translated from the French. The third edition, page 392 more examples
From the second Sort Monsieur Tournefort says, the Gum Adragant or Dragon is produced in Crete; of which he gives the following Relation in his Voyage to the Levant : “We had (says he) the Satisfaction “of fully observing the Gum “Adragant […]
1741, Philip Miller, The Gardener's DictionaryMake a color composed of brown red, and a little flat, or Venetian lake, previously grinded with gum adragant. Then, with a largish brush, take of that color and asperse your oiled marble with it, by striking the handle of the brush on your wrist, ...
1795, American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection, One Thousand Valuable Secrets, in the Elegant and Useful Arts: Collected from the Practice of the Best Artists and Containing an Account of the Various Methods, Andrews McMeel Publishing, →ISBN
Origin
From French, a corruption of tragacanth. Doublet of tragacanth.
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