mastic

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from (note the chewing gum sense). Related to. The broad sense for cements came via extension from predecessor cements made with the tree's resin.

Noun

 * 1)  An evergreen shrub or small tree, , native to the Mediterranean.
 * 2)  A hard, brittle, aromatic and transparent resin produced by this tree and used to make varnishes and chewing gum, and as a flavouring.
 * 3) * 1834,, Egypt and Mohammed Ali, or Travels in the Valley of the Nile, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, Volume I, Chapter 132, pp. 322-323,
 * in many harems, the women are in the habit of burning mastic on a small chaffing-dish, and holding the mouth of the jars over the smoke; by which means they communicate to them a scent which perfumes the water for eight or ten days, at the expiration of which the operation must be repeated.
 * 1)  An alcoholic liquor flavoured with this resin.
 * 2)   Any of various cements, usually flexible and waterproof, used as an adhesive, sealant, caulk, or filler.
 * 1) * 1834,, Egypt and Mohammed Ali, or Travels in the Valley of the Nile, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, Volume I, Chapter 132, pp. 322-323,
 * in many harems, the women are in the habit of burning mastic on a small chaffing-dish, and holding the mouth of the jars over the smoke; by which means they communicate to them a scent which perfumes the water for eight or ten days, at the expiration of which the operation must be repeated.
 * 1)  An alcoholic liquor flavoured with this resin.
 * 2)   Any of various cements, usually flexible and waterproof, used as an adhesive, sealant, caulk, or filler.
 * 1)  An alcoholic liquor flavoured with this resin.
 * 2)   Any of various cements, usually flexible and waterproof, used as an adhesive, sealant, caulk, or filler.
 * 1)   Any of various cements, usually flexible and waterproof, used as an adhesive, sealant, caulk, or filler.

Derived terms

 * false mastic
 * false mastic

Translations

 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: ضَرْو
 * Hijazi Arabic: مستكة
 * Catalan: llentiscle
 * Dutch:, mastaka
 * Finnish:
 * French: arbre au mastic,
 * Galician: laderno, loderno, aroeira
 * German: Mastix, Wilde Pistazie, Mastixstrauch, Mastix-Pistazie, Mastix-Baum, Mastix-Strauch, Mastixpistazienstrauch
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σχῖνος
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian: lentisco
 * Latin: lentiscus
 * Ottoman Turkish: ساقز آغاجی
 * Persian:
 * Russian: мастиковое дерево (mastíkovoje d'ér'evo)
 * Spanish:, , mata charneca
 * Tagalog:
 * Ukrainian: мастикове дерево


 * Arabic: عِلْك, مُصْطَكَى, رَمَاص
 * Hijazi Arabic: مستكة
 * Catalan: màstic
 * Czech: masticha
 * Dutch:, mastaka
 * Finnish:
 * Galician: almécega, elemí
 * German: Mastix
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: μαστίχη
 * Hebrew:
 * Ottoman Turkish: ساقز
 * Persian:
 * Russian:
 * Tagalog:
 * Ukrainian: мастика


 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German: Dichtmasse,, Dichtstoff, Gummimasse
 * Hebrew:
 * Irish: maisteog
 * Russian:, ,

Etymology
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