rosin

• rosil, rozin (obsolete)

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒz.ən/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑz.ən/
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑz.əm/, /ˈɹɔz.əm/[1][2]

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rosin (countable and uncountable, plural rosins)

1. (organic chemistry) A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components.
   • 1998, Neville H. Fletcher, Thomas Rossing, The Physics of Musical Instruments, 2nd edition, Springer Science & Business, →ISBN, page 284:

     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.

2. Resin.
   • 1834, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], The Last Days of Pompeii. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Richard Bentley, […]; successor to Henry Colburn, →OCLC:

     ‘It is delicate,’ said Pansa, ‘but there is perhaps the least particle too much of rosin in its flavor.’

   • 1883, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter 16, in Life on the Mississippi, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, →OCLC:

     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; […]

   • 1894 [1892], Arthur Conan Doyle, “Lot No. 249”, in Round the Red Lamp […] :

     A thick, fat smoke oozed out from the fire, and a heavy smell of burned rosin and singed hair filled the air.

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rosin (third-person singular simple present rosins, present participle rosining, simple past and past participle rosined)

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.

   • 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:

     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.

• Irons, Orins, RINOs, Rison, Sinor, inros, irons, noirs, noris, ornis, roins, siron

From Middle Low German rosin, rosine, from Old French rosin, from Latin racemus.

• IPA^(key): /rosin/, [ʁoˈsiˀn]
• Rhymes: -in

rosin c (singular definite rosinen, plural indefinite rosiner)

1. raisin

From Latin racemus, via French raisin.

rosin f or m (definite singular rosina or rosinen, indefinite plural rosiner, definite plural rosinene)

1. raisin

• “rosin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin racemus, via French raisin.

rosin f (definite singular rosina, indefinite plural rosiner, definite plural rosinene)

1. raisin

• “rosin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

rosin (nominative plural rosins)

1. raisin