Bible Dictionaries
Pinite

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the Pine family.

(2):

(n.) A compact granular cryptocrystalline mineral of a dull grayish or greenish white color. It is a hydrous alkaline silicate, and is derived from the alteration of other minerals, as iolite.

(3):

(n.) A sweet white crystalline substance extracted from the gum of a species of pine (Pinus Lambertina). It is isomeric with, and resembles, quercite.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pinite'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/pinite.html. 1828.