rosin : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rosin	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for rosin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rosin n any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules Synonym(s): resin, rosin v rub rosin onto; "rosin the violin bow"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rosin \Ros"in\, n. [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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rosin \Ros"in\, v. t. 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.