rosin Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules
    resin.
  2. verb rub rosin onto
    • rosin the violin bow

WordNet

Ros"in noun
Etymology
A variant of resin.
Definitions
  1. The hard, amber-colored resin left after distilling off the volatile oil of turpentine; colophony.
Ros"in transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To rub with rosin, as musicians rub the bow of a violin.
    Or with the rosined bow torment the string. Gay.

Webster 1913