'Abies Canadensis' definitions:
Definition of 'Abies Canadensis'
From: GCIDE
- Hemlock \Hem"lock\, n. [OE. hemeluc, humloc, AS. hemlic, hymlic.]
- 1. (Bot.) The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the Cicuta maculata, Cicuta bulbifera, and {Cicuta virosa}, and the Conium maculatum. See Conium. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The potion of hemlock administered to Socrates is by some thought to have been a decoction of {Cicuta virosa}, or water hemlock, by others, of {Conium maculatum}. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) An evergreen tree common in North America ({Abies Canadensis} or Tsuga Canadensis); hemlock spruce. [1913 Webster]
- The murmuring pines and the hemlocks. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The wood or timber of the hemlock tree. [1913 Webster]
- Ground hemlock, or Dwarf hemlock. See under Ground. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Abies Canadensis'
From: GCIDE
- Pitch \Pitch\, n. [OE. pich, AS. pic, L. pix; akin to Gr. ?.]
- 1. A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them. [1913 Webster]
- He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith. --Ecclus. xiii. 1. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Geol.) See Pitchstone. [1913 Webster]
- Amboyna pitch, the resin of Dammara australis. See Kauri.
- Burgundy pitch. See under Burgundy.
- Canada pitch, the resinous exudation of the hemlock tree (Abies Canadensis); hemlock gum.
- Jew's pitch, bitumen.
- Mineral pitch. See Bitumen and Asphalt.
- Pitch coal (Min.), bituminous coal.
- Pitch peat (Min.), a black homogeneous peat, with a waxy luster.
- Pitch pine (Bot.), any one of several species of pine, yielding pitch, esp. the Pinus rigida of North America. [1913 Webster]