See Also: rosin(medicine)
rosin(dictionary)
rosin(dictionary)

rosin (iou)



rosin noun & verb. ME.
[Alt. of RESIN noun.]
A. noun.
= RESIN noun; spec. the solid amber residue obtained after the distillation of crude turpentine oleoresin (also gum rosin), or of naphtha extract from pine stumps (also wood rosin), used in adhesives, varnishes, inks, etc., and for treating the bows of stringed instruments. ME.
Alcoholic drink. slang. M18.
Comb.: rosin-back slang (a horse used by) a bareback rider or acrobat; rosin oil: obtained by the fractional distillation of rosin, with similar uses; rosinweed US any of various coarse gum-exuding yellow-rayed plants constituting the genus Silphium of the composite family.
b. verb.
verb trans. Smear or seal with rosin; rub (esp. a violin bow or string) with rosin. LME.
verb trans. & intrans. Drink (liquor). Now dial. E18.
rosiner noun (Anglo-Irish & Austral. slang) an alcoholic drink, esp. a strong one M20.
rosinous adjective resinous M17-L18.
rosiny adjective resinous M16.