rosin oil
a viscous liquid, colorless to black, distilled from rosin and used in making adhesives, inks, insulation, lacquers, lubricants, plasticizers, and varnish.
Origin of rosin oil
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How to use rosin oil in a sentence
The rapid checking of rosin oil paints on wooden surfaces bars the use of this oil for such purposes.
Paint Technology and Tests | Henry A. GardnerThe rosin oil paints became slightly lumpy on standing, but worked out to a smooth finish somewhat yellowish in color.
Paint Technology and Tests | Henry A. GardnerThe rosin oil, obtained after the light oil has passed over, has a dark violet-blue colour, and is called blue rosin oil.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II | Arnold Cooley
British Dictionary definitions for rosin oil
a yellowish fluorescent oily liquid obtained from certain resins, used in the manufacture of carbon black, varnishes, and lacquers: Also called: 'rosinol, retinol
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