rosin oil
noun
: an oily liquid obtained by destructive distillation of rosin and composed principally of hydrocarbons with some resin acids
especially : the viscous fraction that boils higher than rosin spirit, that when crude is dark-colored and fluorescent and has a sharp odor, and that is used chiefly in making lubricating greases and printing inks, in impregnating paper coverings for electric cables, and in compounding with other oils
Word History
First Known Use
1844, in the meaning defined above
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