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ros⋅in

  [roz-in]
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–noun Also called colophony.
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.
–verb (used with object)
3. to cover or rub with rosin.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < OF, var. of resine resin

Related forms:
ros⋅in⋅y, adjective
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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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Word Origin & History

rosin 
c.1350, from O.Fr. raisine, variant of résine (see resin). The verb is from 1497.
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Medical Dictionary

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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