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单词 rosiny
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rosinyadj.

Brit. /ˈrɒzᵻni/, /ˈrɒzn̩i/, U.S. /ˈrɑz(ə)ni/
Forms: see rosin n. and -y suffix1; also 1600s rosennie, 1600s rosenny, 1600s rozennie, 1600s rozenny.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rosin n., -y suffix1.
Etymology: < rosin n. + -y suffix1. With sense 2 compare also rosilly adj.
1. Of the nature of or characteristic of rosin; containing or smeared with rosin; resinous. Also in extended use. Cf. resiny adj.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other vegetable materials > plant resin > [adjective]
rosiny1559
resinous1565
resiny1576
rosinish1600
rosinous1611
resinose1712
rosety1831
1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 271 Both the liquors in taste haue a sharpnes, a Rosiny sauour.
1562 W. Turner Herball (1568) ii. 89 A tede is a fat and roseny pece of a pyne or pich tre, which hewen of serueth for torches.
1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health ii. f. 79v The lyke doe they describe of the fattes, and rosinie substances.
1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. xiii. 62 Some whole trees are to be seene more sulphurus and roseny than other some.
1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 21 Trees Odorate,..and Trees Rozennie, last longer in their Woods, or Timber, than those above said.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Resinousness, of a Resinous or Rosiny Quality.
1844 N. Amer. Rev. July 226 I now write..by the light of my Columbian candle, namely, an ignited piece of rosiny wood.
1878 Scribner's Monthly Dec. 261/2 The rosiny essences of the pines pervade every pore of his body.
1904 E. Nesbit Phoenix & Carpet i. 4 The rosiny fire-lighters that smell so nice.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xi. [Sirens] 271 Remember: rosiny ropes, ships' lanterns.
1992 Gramophone Jan. 60/2 A rival version of Schnittke's First Cello Concerto... A typical example of its ascents to the rosiny regions of the A string.
2003 J. Whorton Approximately Heaven xviii. 108 I picked a few [pine needles] up to examine... The smell was rich and rosiny.
2. Of soil: resembling rosin, esp. in having a cohesive texture. Cf. rosilly adj. Obsolete.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [adjective] > other types of soil
redeOE
Armeniac?a1425
rosiny1613
Chiltern1669
light land1770
acid1806
residuary1829
mottled1845
sedentary1870
residual1876
azonal1896
Bulli1904
immature1921
mature1924
intrazonal1927
podzolic1927
pedalferic1928
pedocalic1928
solonetzic1935
planosolic1949
solodic1968
cryptogamic1973
cryptobiotic1992
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage i. xi. 52 The soile is of a rosennie clay.
1690 W. Temple Ess. Gardens of Epicurus in Wks. (1720) I. 182 Of all sorts of Soil, the best is that upon a Sandy Gravel, or a Rosiny Sand.
1808 T. Batchelor Gen. View Agric. County of Bedford vii. 379 If wet falls immediately after sowing on binding rosiny land, or such as is inclined to run into a battery state, the shoots of the barley are unable to break the incrustation on the surface.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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