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Answer for the clue "Bow rub-on ", 5 letters:
rosin

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 13c., from Old French raisine , rousine , variants of résine (see resin ). The verb is from mid- 14c. Related: Rosined ; rosining .

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Rosin is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Carol Rosin (born 1944), American educator, author and aerospace executive Charles Rosin (born 1952), American screenwriter and television producer Daniel Rosin (born 1980), German footballer ...

Usage examples of rosin.

Analysis and Valuation of the more important Chemicals used in Paper Making, including Lime, Caustic Soda, Sodium Carbonate, Mineral Acids, Bleach Antichlor, Alum, Rosin and Rosin Size, Glue Gelatin and Casein, Starch, China Clay, Blanc Fixe, Satin White and other Loading Materials, Mineral Colours and Aniline Dyes.

When he saw that the rest were far behind he stopped to take breath, slowly rosined his bow, so that the strings should sound more shrilly, then set off again, by turns lowering and raising his neck, the better to mark time for himself.

An oboe and two clarinets lay on a table beside another untidy pile of music, and round the room and on all the bedroom chairs which filled most of the floor space lay a profusion of white silk handkerchiefs, rosin, coffee cups and batons.

They live in her attic room, where it smells of environment, rosin, and gum arabic.

There was only a sliver of rosin left, but I put it in my shirt pocket and joined Milam and his son at the pit.

This plant is also known by the names of Pilot plant, Polar plant, Rosin and Turpentine weed, and like the Cup plant of another species, Silphium Loeve, with tuberous roots, which are a native food in the Columbia valley, is cultivated in English gardens.

He didn't stalk around the mound like some of them did, or bend to fiddle with his shoes, or pick up the rosin bag and then toss it back down in a little flump of white dust.

Of an Ohio boy who directed his kind tenders to Andrews and me, we procured a chunk of coarse rosin soap about as big as a pack of cards, and a towel.

When he saw that the rest were far behind he stopped to take breath, slowly rosined his bow, so that the strings should sound more shrilly, then set off again, by turns lowering and raising his neck, the better to mark time for himself.

Have I not been searching every nook and cranny in this vile tub and the Dear knows she has a thousand of both systematically searching for my rosin, my only piece of rosin since an ill-conditioned rat ate the others.

When you come to worry about Brigid's fortune, and Brigid's tippets, you too may economize on rosin.