Chem. Also -phan. [a. F. colophane, incorrect form of earlier colophone (16th c. in Paré).] = COLOPHONY.
1838. T. Thomson, Chem. Org. Bodies, 526. The uncrystallizable resin of colophan, called silvic acid.
1863–72. Watts, Dict. Chem., I. 1086. [Inaccurately limited to one variety].
