zopissahttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zopissa_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezopissa, n.
First published 1921; not fully revised

zopissanoun

    1. a.
      1601–1861
      † An old medicinal application made from wax and pitch scraped from the sides of ships. Obsolete.
      1. 1601
        Zopissa, is that Pitch, which..is scraped from ships, and is confected of wax well soked in salt water of the sea.
        P. Holland, translation of Pliny, Historie of World vol. II. xxiv. vii. 184
      2. 1712
        This Zopissa is a Composition of black Pitch, Rosin, Suet and Tar melted together.
        J. Browne, translation of P. Pomet et al. Compleat History of Druggs vol. I. 212
      3. 1861
        To experimentalise on a portion of that stone with a substance called ‘zopissa’—phraseologically borrowed from Dioscorides..pitch-plaster.
        Illustrated London News 2 February 108/1
    2. b.
      1862–
      A patent composition used as a hardening or protecting coat for metal, etc.
      1. 1862
        The zopissa composition, for preserving iron and wooden ships against rust and decay, invented by N. C. Szerelmy.
        Catalogue International Exhib., Britain vol. II. No. 2653
      2. 1862
        Arabian zopissa waterproof and paper boards processes.
        Catalogue International Exhib., Britain vol. II. No. 5089

zopissa, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zopissa, n. was last modified in June 2025.