rosin
noun
- organic substance
verb
- to cover or rub with rosin
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒz.ən/ / /ˈɹɑz.ən/ / /ˈɹɑz.əm/
name
Etymology: * As a German surname, from the noun Rosine (“raisin”). Also Germanized/Americanized from Slavic forms of this word such as Slovene rozina, Lower Sorbian rozyna, themselves borrowed from the German. * As an Italian surname, variant of Rosino, pet form of Roso, itself from both Rosa and Rosso. * As a French surname, pet form or variant of Rose. * As a Serbo-Croatian surname (Rošin), from a variant of Rosko (converged from several meanings, including rod (“relative”)) or Rosic (related to Rosalia, or from rosa (“dew”)). * As a Jewish surname, variant of the Yiddish form of Rose (compare רויז (royz)). * Also as a Jewish surname, Russified from Rosen.
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: From Old French raisine, rousine, variants of résine. Doublet of resin.
- 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.”
- Resin.
“‘It is delicate,’ said Pansa, ‘but there is perhaps the least particle too much of rosin in its flavor.’”
“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; […]”
verb
Etymology: From Old French raisine, rousine, variants of résine. Doublet of resin.
- 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.”