(n.) The hard, amber-colored resin left after distilling off the volatile oil of turpentine; colophony.
(v. t.) To rub with rosin, as musicians rub the bow of a violin.
Example Sentences:
(1) All the film lacks, quartet-wise, is a sweaty ménage à quatre among the bow rosin and scoresheets.
(2) The numerous products that rosin-sensitive persons must avoid will be discussed in a future article.
(3) Rosine is a small, slim girl of 10, large-eyed and shy.
(4) Hydrogenation of the conjugated double bonds of abietic acid decreases its susceptibility to air oxidation and would thus reduce the allergenicity of rosin.
(5) Pure compounds were also tested in patients with known allergy to gum rosin.
(6) The growth inhibiting capacity of zinc oxide combined with ordinary rosin (Portuguese rosin), abietic acid or dehydroabietic acid was studied using two different methods.
(7) Skin problems can also arise from contact with rosin flux.
(8) Colophony (rosin) is a widespread material which is obtained from species of the family Pinaceae.
(9) Rosin and rosin esters have excellent film-forming properties.
(10) Inspection of fractured surfaces indicated failure of adhesion to dentine (Tubli-Seal) and to gutta-percha (AH26, Diaket) as well as failure of cohesion (CRCS, Kloroperka N-O, ProcoSol, rosin chloroform, Sealapex).
(11) The results showed that rosin and rosin-glycerol intermediates with acid values of 122, 105 and 55 had excellent moisture protection properties.
(12) Patients with suspected allergy to colophony were patch-tested with colophony (rosin) of different kinds (gum rosin, tall oil rosin).
(13) Relatively fewer dermatitis patients reacted to the neutral fraction compared with reactions to the unfractionated gum rosin when patch tested.
(14) The cytotoxic effect of dehydroabietic acid (DHAA), a resin acid found in rosin, was studied on human polymorphonuclear leukocytes using leakage of 51Cr from prelabeled cells, supravital staining, and transmission electron microscopy.
(15) Burnett doesn't know his own strength - watch as he busts open the rosin bag for the second time in 2013...now that's entertainment.
(16) The analyzed types of rosins possess polytropic general toxicity with primary impact on the functional state of liver, kidneys and the nervous system.
(17) Another oxidation product of dehydroabietic acid, 15-hydroxy-7-oxodehydroabietic acid, was synthesized and identified as a component of Portuguese gum rosin.
(18) However, the patients might have come in contact with the allergens in technically modified rosins.
(19) In conclusion the old tradition of treating wounds with pitch, sap, rosin, or rosin containing tapes might therefore have some antibacterial relevance.
(20) The study, thus, indicates that rosin in combination with zinc oxide enhances the transport of zinc through intact human skin, and that hydrocolloids promote the zinc absorption through wounds.