ROSIN

Rosin. Rosin
Found only in Authorized Version, margin, Ezek. 27:17, Heb. tsori, uniformly rendered elsewhere “balm” (q.v.), as here in the text. The Vulgate has resinam, rendered “rosin” in the Douay Version. As used, however, by Jerome, the Lat. resina denotes some odoriferous gum or oil.

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rosin. Rosin, n. inspissated turpentine; v.t. to rub with rosin

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Ros″in (?), n. [[A variant of resin.]] The hard, amber-colored resin left after distilling off the volatile oil of turpentine; colophony. Rosin oil, an oil obtained from the resin of the pine tree, — used by painters and for lubricating machinery, etc.