resin

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  1. noun Any of numerous clear to translucent yellow or brown, solid or semisolid, viscous substances of plant origin, such as copal, rosin, and amber, used principally in lacquers, varnishes, inks, adhesives, synthetic plastics, and pharmaceuticals.
  2. noun Any of numerous physically similar polymerized synthetics or chemically modified natural resins including thermoplastic materials such as polyvinyl, polystyrene, and polyethylene and thermosetting materials such as polyesters, epoxies, and silicones that are used with fillers, stabilizers, pigments, and other components to form plastics.
  3. transitive verb To treat or rub with resin.

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  1. Middle English, from Old French resine, from Latin rēsīna, from Greek dialectal *rhēsīnā, variant of Greek rhētīnē.

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  1. Also rosin, q. v.; early modern English also rasin; from Middle English recyn, recyne, also rosyn, rosyne, from Old French resine (also rosine, rasine), French résine =Spanish Portuguese Italian resina, from Latin resina, prob. from Greek R(HTINH, resin (of the pine).
  2. from . resin, n.
 

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