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Definition of Rosin
1. Verb. Rub rosin onto. "Rosin the violin bow"
2. Noun. Any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules.
Specialized synonyms: East India Kino, Kino Gum, Malabar Kino, Natural Resin, Synthetic Resin
Generic synonyms: Organic Compound
Derivative terms: Resinate, Resinous, Resiny
Definition of Rosin
1. n. The hard, amber-colored resin left after distilling off the volatile oil of turpentine; colophony.
2. v. t. To rub with rosin, as musicians rub the bow of a violin.
Definition of Rosin
1. Noun. (organic chemistry) A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components. ¹
2. Noun. Resin ¹
3. Verb. To apply rosin to something. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rosin
1. to treat with rosin (a brittle resin) [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Rosin
1. The hard, amber-coloured 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. Origin: A variant of resin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rosin
Literary usage of Rosin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"The various qualities of American rosin are distinguished by the letters of the
... rosin possesses vitreous lustre, and is very brittle, breaking with ..."
2. Bulletin by North Carolina Dept. of Conservation and Development, North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905), North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1894)
"The following table gives the foreign exports of rosin and spirits of ...
THE rosin TRADE. The bulk of the rosin made in the United States is used in ..."
3. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"Properties of rosin COMMON rosin or colophony is the residue obtained on ...
The various qualities of American rosin are distinguished by the letters ..."
4. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1921)
"Detection and Determination of rosin in Neutral Fats and in Waxes The older
analytical methods based on the ready solubility of rosin in alcohol do not lead ..."
5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1894)
"The iodine figure of rosin, which is a common adulterant of oils, ... News, 58,
224) gives 115.31 and 114.80 for refined rosin and 112.01 and 113.28 for ..."
6. Cowboy Songs, and Other Frontier Ballads by John Avery Lomax (1910)
"rosin THE BOW I LIVE for the good of my nation And my sons are all growing low,
But I hope that my next generation Will resemble Old rosin the Bow. ..."
7. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1917)
"rosin.—This unsaponifiable matter is tested for the presence of rosin oil. ...
A violet colouration indicates rosin oil. It is always best to carry out a ..."