colophonic (kolofonik)

[ and luster to the resin colophony. colophonium (kol-o-fō'ni-um), n. [NL., as colophony. colophony (kol'ō-fō-ni), n. [Formerly colofo ny; sometimes written colophany, after F. colo phane, formerly colophone, = Pr. Pg. colophon i a = Sp. It. col of on i a, L. colophon i a (sc. resina ) (NL. also colophonium, > Dan. kolofonium ), Colopteridæ (kol-op-ter'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., E. colocynth: see colocynth.] The colocynth or bitter apple. See colocynth. The food that to him now is as luscious as locusts, shall be to him shortly as bitter as coloquintida . Shak ., Othello, i. 3.