Noah Webster
Mastich
MAS'TICH, noun [Latin mastiche.]
1. A resin exuding from the mastic-tree, a species of Pistacia, and obtained by incision. It is in white farinaceous tears, of a faint smell, and is used as an astringent and an aromatic. It is used also as an ingredient in drying varnishes.
2. A kind of mortar or cement.