'Rosin' definitions:
Definition of 'rosin'
From: WordNet
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, rosin]
verb
Rub rosin onto; "rosin the violin bow"
Definition of 'Rosin'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rosin'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rosin'
From: 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.