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rosin

ro·sin

UK/ˈɹɒz.ən/ US/ˈɹɑz.ən/ uncommon
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules

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verb

1.

rub rosin onto

  • “rosin the violin bow”

Origin

* 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.

Phrases

  • rosin oil
  • rosin paper

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