rosinous

comparative more rosinous · superlative most rosinous

1. obsoleteContaining or resembling rosin.

   Moreouer, there is the Roſemary, wherof be two kinds: the one is barren and bears no ſeed: the other, which riſeth vp alſo in a ſtem or main ſtalk, carieth ſeed or a roſinous gummy fruit, called Cachrys.

   1634, Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the VVorld. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus, second tome, London: […] Adam Islip, page 193

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   For eſſentiall things are alwaies farre more effectuall then groſſe bee, for confirmation whereof we neede not doubt, that if a man ſhould ſeparate the roſinous and ſulphurous ſubſtance of Tobaccao, and bring it into ſuch a conſiſtence as Opium is, and afterwards giue it vnto ſuch as vſually take Tobacco, they could not poſſibly indure the tenth part ſo much of this as of the leaues, as hath beene alreadie practiſed and tried.

   1618, Angelus Sala Vincentinus Venetus, translated by Tho[mas] Bretnor, Opiologia. Or, A Treatise Concerning the Nature, Properties, true Preparation and Safe Vse and Administration of Opium. For the Comfort and Ease of All Such Persons as Are Inwardly Afflicted with Any Extreame Griefe, or Languishing Paine, Especially Such as Depriue the Body of All Naturall Rest, and Can Be Cured by No Other Meanes or Medicine Whatsoeuer. Dedicated to the Illustrious, High and Mighty Lords, the Estates Generall of the Vnited Prouinces in the Netherlands., London: […] Nicholas Okes, page 13

   Cedars for Maſts, Ezek. 27. 5. and it may be any of them; or in generall any tree that yeelds gumme or Roſin, and ſo it is of neere ſound and ſignification with the word Gopher which ſignifieth bituminous or roſinous, that is, of brimſtone or roſin; and ſuch wood is both of good ſent and of long continuance.

   1645, Annotations upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament; Wherein the Text Is Explained, Doubts Resolved, Scriptures Parallelled, and Various Readings Observed. By the Joynt-Labour of Certain Learned Divines, Thereunto Appointed, and Therein Employed, as Is Expressed in the Preface., London: […] John Legatt and John Raworth

   Now I have enquired, how it cometh to paſſe that there is ſo great ſtore of Honey in Moſcovia; conſidering the Winters are extreame cold, and alſo very long: and I am credibly informed that firſt, the ſpring when it beginneth, cometh extraordinary faſt, that the dayes are very long, and the Summers farre dryer then ours here in England, ſo that the Bees are not hindred by continual ſhowers; as they are ſome yeares here in this Iſle: and laſtly, that the Countrey aboundeth much with Firs, and Pine-trees, which the Inhabitants uſually cut, that the Gumme, Roſinous or Turpentine ſubſtance may ſweate forth, to which places the Bees do come, and preſently fill themſelves, and returne laden: and perhaps for theſe very reaſons, Bees thrive very much in New-England.

   1651, Samuel Hartlib His Legacie: or An Enlargement of the Discourse of Husbandry Used in Brabant and Flaunders; Wherein Are Bequeathed to the Common-Wealth of England More Outlandish and Domestick Experiments and Secrets in Reference to Universall Husbandry, London: […] H. Hills, for Richard Wodenothe […] , page 63

   The time of Maceration or ſoaking, is to be judged from the conſideration of the things infuſed (for hard and Roſinous things ſuch as Guiacum, are macerated to ſtirre them) till the liquor poured on is mingled ſufficiently with the oylie matter, or is ſufficiently tincted or affected with the colour, or ſavour of the medicine;

   1651, The Urinal of Physick. By Robert Record Doctor of Physick. Whereunto Is Added an Ingenious Treatise Concerning Physicians, Apothecaries, and Chyrurgians, set forth by a Dr. in Queen Elizabeths Dayes. With a Translation of Papius Ahalsossa Concerning Apothecaries Confecting Their Medicines; Worthy Perusing and Following., London: […] Gartrude Dawson, page 235

   Theſe words, Pix, Teda, Piſſa, Palimpiſſa, Zopiſſa, Piſſaphaltos, and Pix navalis, often occurre in the narration and dilucidation of Roſines; but what they denote, every one knows not at firſt ſight: Pix then or Pitch, is the flux of combuſt Roſine; or rather, a fat and roſinous liquor, colliquated and educed out of the middle of a Pine-tree accended. Teda is not a tree, as Pliny falſly aſſerts, but a diſeaſe hapning to the Pine-tree by age; wherein it is as it were ſtrangulated by its too much pinguetude: for the abundance of that roſinous matter, wherewith the whole Tree is referted, is its ruine; which going into a Teda, may by artificial ſedulity be accended, and it will effuſe Pitch; which the Greeks call Piſſa.

   1657, Renodæus, translated by Richard Tomlinson, A Medicinal Dispensatory, Containing the VVhole Body of Physick Discovering the Natures, Properties, and Vertues of Vegetables, Minerals, & Animals: The Manner of Compounding Medicaments, and the Way to Administer Them. Methodically Digested in Five Books of Philosophical and Pharmaceutical Institutions; Three Books of Physical Materials Galenical and Chymical. Together with a Most Perfect and Absolute Pharmacopoea or Apothecaries Shop. Accommodated with Three Useful Tables., London: […] Jo: Streater and Ja: Cottrel; […] , page 378

   Synonyms: resinous, rosiny