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rosin en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹɒz.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ˈɹɑz.ən/ (General-American)
• /ˈɹɔz.əm/ (dialectal, nonstandard, obsolete, possibly)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɹɑz.əm/ (dialectal, nonstandard, obsolete, possibly)

Etymology

From Old French raisine, rousine, variants of résine. Doublet of resin.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components.
   • 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. 1998, Neville H. Fletcher, Thomas Rossing, The Physics of Musical Instruments, 2nd edition, Springer Science & Business, →ISBN, page 284:
2. (countable, uncountable) Resin.
   • From three o'clock onward they would be burning rosin and pitch pine (the sign of preparation), and so one had the picturesque spectacle of a rank, some two or three miles long, of tall, ascending columns of coal-black smoke; […] 1883, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter 16, in Life on the Mississippi, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, →OCLC:
   • A thick, fat smoke oozed out from the fire, and a heavy smell of burned rosin and singed hair filled the air. 1894 [1892], Arthur Conan Doyle, “Lot No. 249”, in Round the Red Lamp […] :
   • ‘It is delicate,’ said Pansa, ‘but there is perhaps the least particle too much of rosin in its flavor.’ 1834, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], The Last Days of Pompeii. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Richard Bentley, […]; successor to Henry Colburn, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

rosiny · rosin paper · rosinous · rosinwood · rosin oil · rosinweed · rosinback

Hypernyms

forest product · naval stores · resin

Synonyms

Greek pitch · colophony

Translations (67)

sv kolofonium (solid form of resin) · rsk дянта (solid form of resin) · sh kolòfōnīj (solid form of resin) · eu kolofonia (solid form of resin) · pt colofônia (solid form of resin) · ca colofònia (solid form of resin) · eo kolofono (solid form of resin) · mk колофониум (solid form of resin) · it colofonia (solid form of resin) · hsb kolofonium (solid form of resin) · fr colophane (solid form of resin) · ga roisín (solid form of resin) · es colofonia (solid form of resin) · sh коло̀фо̄нӣј (solid form of resin) · et kolofoonium (solid form of resin) · kn ಗಟ್ಟಿಯಾದ ರಾಳ (solid form of resin) · cv канифоль (solid form of resin) · hu gyanta (solid form of resin) · cs kalafuna (solid form of resin) · nl colofonium (solid form of resin) · bg колофо́н (solid form of resin) · nb kolofonium (solid form of resin) · cmn 松香 (solid form of resin) · ja ロジン (solid form of resin) · pt colofónia (solid form of resin) · ru канифо́ль (solid form of resin) · tk kanifol (solid form of resin) · be каніфо́ль (solid form of resin) · mhr канифоль (solid form of resin) · af kolofonium (solid form of resin) · cy coloffoni (solid form of resin) · uk каніфо́ль (solid form of resin) · jv gandarukem (solid form of resin) · fi hartsi (solid form of resin) · ota رچینه (solid form of resin) · el κολοφώνιο (solid form of resin) · th ชันสน (solid form of resin) · nn kolofonium (solid form of resin) · os канифоль (solid form of resin) · pl kalafonia (solid form of resin) · sl kolofonija (solid form of resin) · de Kolophonium (solid form of resin) · hy կոլոփոն (solid form of resin) · sk kolofónia (solid form of resin) · oc colofònia (solid form of resin) · ro sacâz (solid form of resin) · sah канифоль (solid form of resin) · ko 송진 (solid form of resin) · tl koloponya (solid form of resin) · io kolofono (solid form of resin) · ba канифоль (solid form of resin) · kk канифоль (solid form of resin) · fi kolofoni (solid form of resin) · hi गंधराल (solid form of resin) · hi रोज़िन (solid form of resin) · tg канифол (solid form of resin) · dsb kolofonium (solid form of resin) · nv jeeh sááʼ (solid form of resin) · kn ಕರ್ಪೂರ ರಾಳ (solid form of resin) · ky канифоль (solid form of resin) · tr kolofan (solid form of resin) · lt kanifolija (solid form of resin) · id gondorukem (solid form of resin) · ro colofoniu (solid form of resin) · da kolofonium (solid form of resin) · lv kolofonijs (solid form of resin) · ko 로진 (solid form of resin)

rosin en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹɒz.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ˈɹɑz.ən/ (General-American)
• /ˈɹɔz.əm/ (dialectal, nonstandard, obsolete, possibly)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɹɑz.əm/ (dialectal, nonstandard, obsolete, possibly)

Etymology

From Old French raisine, rousine, variants of résine. Doublet of resin.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To apply rosin to (something); to rub or cover with rosin.
   • We waited expectantly as the guest violinist rosined his bow in preparation for playing.
   • The devil opened up his case and he said, "I'll start this show." And fire flew from his fingertips as he rosined up his bow. 1979, “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”, in Charlie Daniels, Tom Crain, "Taz" DiGregorio, Fred Edwards, Charles Hayward, James W. Marshall (lyrics), Million Mile Reflections, performed by Charlie Daniels Band:

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