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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.

The quality of being rosy.

A name given in California to various composite plants which secrete resins or have a resinous smell.

like rosin, or having its qualities.

Having power to awaken or excite; exciting. I begin to feel Some rousing motions in me. Milton.

In a rousing manner.

, a deer of the genus Rusa, which includes the sambur deer (Rusa Aristotelis) of India. Rusine antler (Zoöl.), an antler with the brow tyne simple, and the beam forked at the tip.

See Sarrasin.

A crystalline nitrogenous substance, formed in the decomposition of creatin (one of the constituents of muscle tissue). Chemically, it is methyl glycocoll.

A portcullis, or herse. [Written also sarasin.]

The Indian antelope (Antilope bezoartica, or cervicapra), noted for its beauty and swiftness. It has long, spiral, divergent horns.

See Seizin. Spenser.

Lowering or humbling one's self.

A soluble poison (ptomaine) present in putrid blood. It is also formed in the putrefaction of proteid matter in general.

A bravo; a bully; a duelist. Ld. Lytton.

Queasiness. [Obs.]

The act or practice of observing the stars with attention; contemplation of the stars as connected with astrology or astronomy. Swift.

An unorganized ferment or enzyme present in pancreatic juice. It decomposes neutral fats into glycerin and fatty acids.

The act of riding steeple chases.

Ever closing. [Obs.] "Still-clothing waters." Shak.