Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Treated with rosin.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of rosin.

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Examples

  • I would have it done where the forend could be taken off by hand, but you would need rosined blocks and a little force to break it loose from the receiver.

    My Dog's Name Is... 2008

  • The primary sound is produced by a bow of nylon fish-line, which is rosined, and that's just threaded under the piano string and across it.

    Boing Boing 2008

  • Im finding that the terrain is rarely flat and always ends in rocky walls not even rosined soles can climb.

    Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

  • Im finding that the terrain is rarely flat and always ends in rocky walls not even rosined soles can climb.

    Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

  • Im finding that the terrain is rarely flat and always ends in rocky walls not even rosined soles can climb.

    Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

  • The bow was brand new and had never been rosined before, and when it was ready I gently laid it across the strings at an angle, correcting the position of my hand.

    Sanctuary 2009

  • All right, rosined up and then you get this, and then you get that, and then he walks, yeah, let's grab second base.

    CNN Transcript Jun 4, 2007 2007

  • After that I went to find the rosin, which was completely dried out so I warmed the surface with a match, rosined the bow, then went back at it again with slightly less physical force.

    Phasmatodea flashback Sunday badger 2004

  • A hundred accomplished Irish bands, hastily transported to the wilds of Liberia, set up their amps, rosined their bows, and were connected by wireless radio to the central computer with its mega-amp.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

  • When he saw that the rest were far behind he stopped to take breath, slowly rosined his bow, so that the strings should sound more shrilly, then set off again, by turns lowering and raising his neck, the better to mark time for himself.

    Madame Bovary 2003

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