an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
[ Syn: frankincense , olibanum , gum olibanum ]
thus (n.)
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result; therefore X must be true; the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory; we were young and thence optimistic; it is late and thus we must go; the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted
[ Syn: therefore , therefore , hence , hence , thence , thence , so , so , therefore , therefore , hence , hence , thence , thence , so , so , therefore , therefore , hence , hence , thence , thence , so , so , therefore , therefore , hence , hence , thence , thence , so , so ]
in the way indicated; hold the brush so; set up the pieces thus; (`thusly is a nonstandard variant)
[ Syn: thusly , thusly , so , so , thusly , thusly , so , so , thusly , thusly , so , so , thusly , thusly , so , so ]