rosin
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.
to cover or rub with rosin.
Origin of rosin
1Other words from rosin
- ros·in·y, adjective
Words that may be confused with rosin
- resin, rosin
Words Nearby rosin
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How to use rosin in a sentence
It includes rosin, a solidified pine sap used by the printing and pharmaceutical industries, as well as by violinists to lend texture to the fine hairs of their bows.
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Hanna Rosin’s The End of Men Turned Me Into a Caricature | Andy Hinds | September 29, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
So why did Hannah rosin turn my story upside down for her bestselling polemic?
Hanna Rosin’s The End of Men Turned Me Into a Caricature | Andy Hinds | September 29, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST“Hell, get out of the way,” one researcher, a biologist who conducted early gender-selection studies, tells rosin.
It’s Not ‘The End of Men’—But They Are in Trouble | Jessica Bennett | September 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe easiest plan for both patient and physician is to give rosin-weed, as described in Chapter II.
The Treatment of Hay Fever | George Frederick LaidlawFor many years the fluid extract of rosin-weed has been known in my family as a remedy for rose-cold and hay fever.
The Treatment of Hay Fever | George Frederick LaidlawThere are more than twenty species of rosin-weed or silphium, all probably similar in their medicinal virtues.
The Treatment of Hay Fever | George Frederick LaidlawIn spite of this good start, rosin-weed did not have any better fortune with the homœopaths than with the eclectics.
The Treatment of Hay Fever | George Frederick LaidlawAs remarked in the chapter on Pollens, I have succeeded with the milder methods of rosin-weed, faradism and ichthyol.
The Treatment of Hay Fever | George Frederick Laidlaw
British Dictionary definitions for rosin
/ (ˈrɒzɪn) /
Also called: colophony a translucent brittle amber substance produced in the distillation of crude turpentine oleoresin and used esp in making varnishes, printing inks, and sealing waxes and for treating the bows of stringed instruments
(not in technical usage) another name for resin (def. 1)
(tr) to treat or coat with rosin
Origin of rosin
1Derived forms of rosin
- rosiny, adjective
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