rosinous

adj

1. (obsolete)Containing or resembling rosin.

   “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.”

   “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.”

   “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.”

   “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;”