Rosinous

Synonyms for "rosinous" (2 found)

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For eſſentiall things are alwaies farre more effectuall then groſſe bee, for confirmation whereof we neede not doubt, that if a man ſhould ſeparate the roſinous and ſulphurous ſubſtance of Tobaccao, and bring it into ſuch a conſiſtence as Opium is, and afterwards giue it vnto ſuch as vſually take Tobacco, they could not poſſibly indure the tenth part ſo much of this as of the leaues, as hath beene alreadie practiſed and tried.

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Moreouer, there is the Roſemary, wherof be two kinds: the one is barren and bears no ſeed: the other, which riſeth vp alſo in a ſtem or main ſtalk, carieth ſeed or a roſinous gummy fruit, called Cachrys.

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Cedars for Maſts, Ezek. 27. 5. and it may be any of them; or in generall any tree that yeelds gumme or Roſin, and ſo it is of neere ſound and ſignification with the word Gopher which ſignifieth bituminous or roſinous, that is, of brimſtone or roſin; and ſuch wood is both of good ſent and of long continuance.

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Now I have enquired, how it cometh to paſſe that there is ſo great ſtore of Honey in Moſcovia; conſidering the Winters are extreame cold, and alſo very long: and I am credibly informed that firſt, the ſpring when it beginneth, cometh extraordinary faſt, that the dayes are very long, and the Summers farre dryer then ours here in England, ſo that the Bees are not hindred by continual ſhowers; as they are ſome yeares here in this Iſle: and laſtly, that the Countrey aboundeth much with Firs, and Pine-trees, which the Inhabitants uſually cut, that the Gumme, Roſinous or Turpentine ſubſtance may ſweate forth, to which places the Bees do come, and preſently fill themſelves, and returne laden: and perhaps for theſe very reaſons, Bees thrive very much in New-England.

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