Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GAL'I-POT
GAL'I-POT, n. [Sp.]
A white resin or resinous juice which flows by incision from the pine tree, especially the maritime pine. – Sp. Dict. Fourcroy. Dict. Nat. Hist. Galipot incrusts the wounds of fir trees during winter. It consists of resin and oil. – Coxe.
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