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Rosin

Rosin Meaning & Definition
Rosin Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Rosin?

[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
[v] rub rosin onto, as of violin bows

Synonyms | Synonyms for Rosin: resin

Related Terms | Find terms related to Rosin:

See Also | East India kino | kino gum | Malabar kino | natural resin | organic compound | rub | synthetic resin

Rosin In Webster's Dictionary

\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.
\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.

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