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.

Properly “naphtha,” as it is both in the LXX. and the Vulgate, as well as in the Peshito-Syriac. Pliny mentions naphtha as a product of Babylonia, similar in appearance to liquid bitumen, and having a remarkable affinity to fire.

ROS'IN. Eze 27:17, margin. The text correctly reads "balm."

ROS'IN. Eze 27:17, margin. The text correctly reads "balm."

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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