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The sealing-wax so treated is electrified negatively or resinously, and the glass with positive or vitreous electricity.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

A homely chime of bells was repeated from the town; a ship's fast strained resinously with the changing tide.

From Java Head by Hergesheimer, Joseph

As the four newcomers smilingly looked at the comfortable building the foot-compelling strains of a cheap violin squeaked and rasped resinously from the living quarters and a French-Canadian, far from home, burst ecstatically into song.

From Bring Me His Ears by Mulford, Clarence E.