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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
rosin
noun
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▪ I come in for me rosin and you're lying on the ground.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rosin

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

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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
rosin

late 13c., from Old French raisine, rousine, variants of résine (see resin). The verb is from mid- 14c. Related: Rosined; rosining.

Wiktionary
rosin

n. 1 (context organic chemistry English) A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components. 2 resin vb. To apply rosin to something.

WordNet
rosin
  1. n. any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules [syn: resin]

  2. v. rub rosin onto; "rosin the violin bow"

Wikipedia
Rosin

Rosin, also called colophony or Greek pitch , is a solid form of resin obtained from pines and some other plants, mostly conifers, produced by heating fresh liquid resin to vaporize the volatile liquid terpene components. It is semi-transparent and varies in color from yellow to black. At room temperature rosin is brittle, but it melts at stove-top temperature. It chiefly consists of various resin acids, especially abietic acid. The term "colophony" comes from , Latin for "resin from Colophon," an ancient Ionic city.

Rosin (disambiguation)

Rosin is a solid form of resin obtained from pines and some other plants.

Rosin may also refer to:

  • Rosin (surname)
  • Rosin, Poland, a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świebodzin
  • Rosin (chemical), a neuroprotective isolate of the Rhodiola rosea plant
  • Mühl Rosin, a municipality in the district of Güstrow in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
  • Rosin Coven, a theatrical music ensemble based in San Francisco, USA
Rosin (chemical)

Rosin is a neuroprotective isolate of Rhodiola rosea

Rosin (surname)

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
  • David Rosin (1823–1894), German Jewish theologian
  • Dave Rosin (born 1981), Canadian musician
  • Hanna Rosin, American journalist

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.