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.
To rub with rosin, as musicians rub the bow of a violin. Or with the rosined bow torment the string. Gay.
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