Definition of Rosining

1. Verb. (present participle of rosin) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rosining

1. rosin [v] - See also: rosin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rosining

rosies
rosiest
rosiglitazone
rosilla
rosily
rosin
rosin bag
rosin paper
rosin papers
rosinate
rosinates
rosined
rosiness
rosinesses
rosing
rosining (current term)
rosinol
rosinols
rosinous
rosins
rosinweed
rosinweeds
rosiny
rosish
rosit
rosita
rosited
rositing
rosits
rosland

Literary usage of Rosining

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Roofing, Cornice and Skylight Manual: Practical Articles on Laying Flat (1901)
"... rosining SEAMS, SOLDERING AND COPPERS. When the seams are perfectly smooth throughout, rosin is ground to powder, and after the roof has been swept ..."

2. The History of the Violin: And Other Instruments Played on with the Bow from by William Sandys, Simon Andrew Forster (1864)
""They are but rosining, sir, and they'll scrape themselves into your company ... The rosining or tuning referred to was probably a subject of complaint in ..."

3. The History of the Violin: And Other Instruments Played on with the Bow from by William Sandys, Simon Andrew Forster (1864)
"Chamberlain (of the Sun) " They are but rosining, sir, ... The rosining or tuning referred to was probably a subject of complaint in those times, ..."

4. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1906)
"Up the broad stairs, past the village orchestra twanging strings and rosining bows, flocked the doves to the dressing-room, to preen their feathers and ..."

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