rosined
simple past tense and past participle of rosin
• indorse, ordines, ride-ons, siredon, sordine
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
17 June 2025
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
