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Canadian balsam
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
the clear resin of the balsam fir, much used as a cement in optical work, formerly used widely as a balm on cuts and minor wounds, and once popular as a chewing gum.
See: Canada balsam(def. 1)
Quotations
1793
The salve I applied was made of the Canadian balsam, wax, and tallow dropped from a burning candle into water.
1923
The inventory included ... three barrels supposed to contain apples, but in reality bottles of Canadian Balsam.
2
a slender evergreen, Abies balsamea, found in Canada from northeastern Alberta eastward, the source of Canada balsam (def. 1).
See: Canada balsam(def. 2)
Quotations
1793
They consisted of low walls, with a ridge-pole, covered with the branches of the Canadian balsam tree.
1824
[There were] low round copsis of great extent of Canadian balsom. . . .