2. Verb. To become resin-like, resinous ¹
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Definition of Resinify
1. to convert into resin [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Resinify
Literary usage of Resinify
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lubrication and Lubricants: A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of by Leonard Archbutt, Richard Mountford Deeley (1907)
"the pale-coloured, non-resinous distillates do not resinify even at 100° C., but
the dark-coloured distillates, containing 1-3 per cent, of resin, ..."
2. Lubrication and Lubricants: A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of by Leonard Archbutt, Richard Mountford Deeley (1907)
"the pale-coloured, non-resinous distillates do not resinify even at 100° C., but
the dark-coloured distillates, containing 1-3 per cent, of resin, ..."
3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1915)
"Since it was recognized that aldehydes, on heating with alkalies, tend to resinify,
or polymerize, and consequently combine with some alkali, ..."
4. Lubrication and Lubricants: A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of by Leonard Archbutt, Richard Mountford Deeley (1900)
"... thin films (1 drop of oil on a 5 x 10 cm. glass plate) the pale and dark-coloured
distilled mineral oils do not resinify after several months' exposure, ..."
5. Lubrication and Lubricants: A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of by Leonard Archbutt, Richard Mountford Deeley (1900)
"... thin films (1 drop of oil on a 5 x 10 cm. glass plate) the pale and dark-coloured
distilled mineral oils do not resinify after several months' exposure, ..."
6. The Examination of Hydrocarbon Oils and of Saponifiable Fats and Waxes by David Holde (1915)
"It must not resinify on longer standing in air. Heated 10 hours to 100°, the
grease should not be resinous or dried up after cooling. ..."
7. The Examination of Hydrocarbon Oils and of Saponifiable Fats and Waxes by David Holde (1922)
"Dark oils containing considerable quantities of residues resinify to some extent
after standing for a long time at room temperature and at higher ..."
8. Odorographia: A Natural History of Raw Materials and Drugs Used in the by John Charles Sawer (1892)
"Oil of lemon is very apt to oxidize and resinify by contact with air, developing
a turpentine odour, which quite unfits it for use as a perfume. ..."
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