 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
rosin
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 [syn: {resin}]
verb: rub rosin onto; "rosin the violin bow"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rosin \Ros"in\, noun [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rosin \Ros"in\, verb (used with an object)
To rub with rosin, as musicians rub the bow of a violin.
Or with the rosined bow torment the string. --Gay.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Rosin
found only in Authorized Version, margin, Ezek. 27:17, Heb.
tsori, uniformly rendered elsewhere "balm" (q.v.), as here in
the text. The Vulgate has resinam, rendered "rosin" in the Douay
Version. As used, however, by Jerome, the Lat. resina denotes
some odoriferous gum or oil.
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