1.
[syn: resin, rosin]
VERB (1)
1. rub rosin onto;
- Example: "rosin the violin bow"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rosin \Ros"in\, n. [A variant of resin.]
The hard, amber-colored resin left after distilling off the
volatile oil of turpentine; colophony.
[1913 Webster]
Rosin oil, an oil obtained from the resin of the pine tree,
-- used by painters and for lubricating machinery, etc.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rosin \Ros"in\, v. t.
To rub with rosin, as musicians rub the bow of a violin.
[1913 Webster]
Or with the rosined bow torment the string. --Gay.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rosin
n 1: 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, rosin]
v 1: rub rosin onto; "rosin the violin bow"