cinnabar (sinabar)

[Early mod. E. cina bar, cinaber, cinober, cinoper (ME. cynoper ); = D. cinaber, F. cinabre = Pr. cinobri, cynobre = Sp. Pg. cinabrio = It. cinabro, formerly also cenabrio, = MHG. zinober, G. zinnober = Dan. cinnober = Sw. cinober, 2. A red resinous juice obtained from an East Indian tree, Calamus Draco, formerly used as an astringent; dragon's-blood. - Cinnabar lacquer. See lacquer. - Inflammable cinnabar. Same as idrialite.