Rosin
['rɒzɪn]
Definition
(n.) The hard, amber-colored resin left after distilling off the volatile oil of turpentine; colophony.
(v. t.) To rub with rosin, as musicians rub the bow of a violin.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Colophony, resin (from the pine).
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Definition
n. the solid left after distilling off the oil from crude turpentine.—v.t. to rub or cover with rosin.—adj. Ros′ined.—ns. Ros′in-oil an oil from pine resin for lubricating machinery; Ros′in-wood any plant of the genus Silphium.—adj. Ros′iny like or containing rosin.
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Examples
- The same kind of gas may also be obtained in smaller quantities by the distillation of tar, rosin, or pitch. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Twelve cubic feet of gas may be obtained from one pound of tar, and ten from the same weight of rosin. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- This crude liquid is collected in barrels and taken to a distillery, where it is distilled into turpentine and rosin. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The turpentine is the product which passes off as vapor, and the rosin is the mass left in the boiler after the distillation of the turpentine. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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