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ros⋅in
[roz-in] 
ɪn
| 1. | Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin. |
| 2. | resin. |
| 3. | to cover or rub with rosin. |
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| ros·in (rŏz'ĭn) n. A translucent yellowish to dark brown resin derived from the stumps or sap of various pine trees and used to increase sliding friction, as on the bows of certain stringed instruments, and to manufacture a wide variety of products including varnishes, inks, linoleum, adhesives, and soldering compounds. tr.v. ros·ined, ros·in·ing, ros·ins To coat or rub with rosin. [Middle English, variant of resin; see resin.] ros'in·y adj. |
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Rosin
Ros"in\, n. [A variant of resin.] The hard, amber-colored resin left after distilling off the volatile oil of turpentine; colophony. Rosin oil, an oil obtained from the resin of the pine tree, -- used by painters and for lubricating machinery, etc.Rosin
Ros"in\, v. t. To rub with rosin, as musicians rub the bow of a violin. Or with the rosined bow torment the string. --Gay.Cite This Source
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Main Entry: ros·in
Pronunciation: 'räz-&n, 'roz-
Function: noun
: a translucent amber-colored to almost black brittle friableresin that is obtained by chemical means from the oleoresin or dead wood of pine trees or from tall oil and is used in pharmacology as an adhesive constituent in plasters, cerates, and ointments calledalso colophony
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rosin ros·in (rŏz'ĭn)
n.
A translucent yellowish to dark brown resin derived from the stumps or sap of various pine trees and used as an adhesive in plasters and as a stimulant in ointments.
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Rosin
found only in Authorized Version, margin, Ezek. 27:17, Heb. tsori, uniformly rendered elsewhere "balm" (q.v.), as here in the text. The Vulgate has resinam, rendered "rosin" in the Douay Version. As used, however, by Jerome, the Lat. resina denotes some odoriferous gum or oil.
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rosin
translucent, brittle, friable resin used for varnish and in manufacturing many products. It becomes sticky when warm and has a faint pinelike odour. Gum rosin consists of the residue obtained upon distillation of the oleoresin (a natural fluid) from pine trees (the volatile component is spirit of turpentine); wood rosin, obtained by solvent extraction of the stumps, is usually of a darker colour
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