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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Piney \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.
   [1913 Webster]

   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.
      [1913 Webster]

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