ROSIN

resin, rosin

(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

rosin

(verb) rub rosin onto; “rosin the violin bow”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

rosin (countable and uncountable, plural rosins)

(organic chemistry) A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components.

Resin.

Synonyms

• colophony

• Greek pitch

Verb

rosin (third-person singular simple present rosins, present participle rosining, simple past and past participle rosined)

(transitive) To apply rosin to (something); to rub or cover with rosin.

Anagrams

• Irons, Orins, RINOs, Rison, Sinor, inros, irons, noirs, noris, ornis, roins, siron

Proper noun

Rosin (plural Rosins)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rosin is the 14667^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2028 individuals. Rosin is most common among White (93.69%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Irons, Orins, RINOs, Rison, Sinor, inros, irons, noirs, noris, ornis, roins, siron

Source: Wiktionary

Ros"in, n. Etym: [A variant of resin.]

Definition: The hard, amber-colored resin left after distilling off the volatile oil of turpentine; colophony. Rosin oil, an oil obtained from the resin of the pine tree, -- used by painters and for lubricating machinery, etc.

Ros"in, v. t.

Definition: To rub with rosin, as musicians rub the bow of a violin. Or with the rosined bow torment the string. Gay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition