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Rosin
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 1 A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components. countable, uncountable
"The action of the bow therefore depends almost entirely upon the application of rosin and upon its frictional properties. Violin rosin is a natural gum obtained from conifers such as larch that produce turpentine."
- 2 any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules wordnet
- 3 Resin. countable, uncountable
"‘It is delicate,’ said Pansa, ‘but there is perhaps the least particle too much of rosin in its flavor.’"
- 1 To apply rosin to (something); to rub or cover with rosin. transitive
"We waited expectantly as the guest violinist rosined his bow in preparation for playing."
- 2 rub rosin onto wordnet
Etymology
From Old French raisine, rousine, variants of résine. Doublet of resin.
From Old French raisine, rousine, variants of résine. Doublet of resin.
* As a German surname, from the noun Rosine (“raisin”). Also Germanized/Americanized from Slavic forms of this word such as Slovene rozina, Lower Sorbian rozyna, themselves borrowed from the German. * As an Italian surname, variant of Rosino, pet form of Roso, itself from both Rosa and Rosso. * As a French surname, pet form or variant of Rose. * As a Serbo-Croatian surname (Rošin), from a variant of Rosko (converged from several meanings, including rod (“relative”)) or Rosic (related to Rosalia, or from rosa (“dew”)). * As a Jewish surname, variant of the Yiddish form of Rose (compare רויז (royz)). * Also as a Jewish surname, Russified from Rosen.
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