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
rosin (countable and uncountable, plural rosins)
(organic chemistry) A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components.
Resin.
• colophony
• Greek pitch
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.
• Irons, Orins, RINOs, Rison, Sinor, inros, irons, noirs, noris, ornis, roins, siron
Rosin (plural Rosins)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rosin is the 14667th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2028 individuals. Rosin is most common among White (93.69%) individuals.
• 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
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
