Meaning of rosinous | Babel Free

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Containing or resembling rosin.

obsolete

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“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;”

“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.”

“But it is no doubt, but that the roſinous and pitchy matter may communicate ſomething to the end of the weeds, which yet nature muſt do by a way we cannot perceive;”

“Then take Oyl of Peter, liquid Verniſh, Roſinous Turpentine, equal parts; and with theſe, being liquid, mingle all together, and fill Pots with them, to be caſt among Ships and enemies: or, if you make a Ball of theſe, binde it hard about the head of a hammer, whoſe ſharp-tooth’d end muſt be a foot long, and the handle three foot.”

“Honey according to Galen is the juyce of heavenly dew gathered of Bees; according to Paracelſus it is a certain roſinous thing of the earth tranſplanted into a vegetable kinde by the vertue of the Planets, and heavenly influences, and gathered from hence of Bees and further digeſted.”

“The degrees of Health. Such things as proceed forth from the Earth, do poſſeſs the firſt degree of health,[…]The things of the Ayre have the ſecond degree, as all kinds of Birds. Thoſe of the Water have the third degree, as All kindes of • Metals. • Marcaſites. • Kakimeaes. • Salts. • Minerals. • Roſinous Sulphurs. • Fiſhes. • Gems. • Stones. The things of the Fire the fourth Degree.”

“But ſmall living creatures, which do immediately make bloud to themſelves, and their whole ſubſtance of water alone, have an example, almoſt in every vegetable, eſpecially in ſtony and ſandy Mountains, which are far ſeperated from the dung of men, wherein, perhaps 60 particular kind of Roſinous trees are taken notice of, are fully nouriſhed only of rain water, and of ſnow, or the Leffas or planty juyce of a ſtony odour, and do grow unto the greateſt height, being trees ſo fat, that they would be choaked, unleſs they pour forth the ſame on every ſide.”

“[T]he perſons that were burnt in this fire were above 200000. which did happen, becauſe the houſes are all of wood, and the ſtreets paved with great Firr-trees ſet cloſe together, which being Oily and Roſinous made the incendie unexpreſſible, ſo that in four hours time, the City and Suburbs were wholly conſumed.”

“Among all Fruits of the water, there is not a greater Venom then Arſenick, in which, according to Paracelſus, all Venenoſity of Roſinous matter are united as one Body.”

“So that the oylie or roſinous parts of the Sap, are a kind of Embalming to the Heart, or older part of a Tree, ſecuring it from the deſtructive impreſſions of the Air.”

“Obs. 2. That we fill the Retort but half full, becauſe that the Myrrha does ſwell a little being heated, and ſo if the Retort were full, might run over in ſubſtance: yet becauſe it is a roſinous dry Gum, it is not neceſſary to give it any intermedium.”

“Take the pulp of Coloquintida ℥jſs, Agaric, Scamony, a. ℥j, black Hellebore ℥ij, Powder of Diarrhodon Abbatis ℥ſs, Aloes ſuccatrine ℥x. Bruiſe the black Hellebore, chop the pulp of Coloquintida, put them together into a Bolts-head, and pour upon them good Spirit of Wine, to four fingers height, ſtop well the mouth of the Bolts-head, and in another put the Powder of Diarrhodon Abbatis apart, and pour thereon alſo Spirit of Wine to the ſame height; chop alſo the Agaric, and bruiſe the Scamony, and put on them an excellent Spirit of Wine, which may extract their Roſinous ſubſtance;”

“The Diſtilling Water, although it loſt both the Colours, and was become clear: yet for all that I obſerved that it breathed forth a grateful roſinous Odour.”

“As to the Opinion of ſome, that all the Ingredients of this Oyntment are cold, it cannot be ſo thought, in regard that the taſte and Aromatic ſmell of the Popler-buds, and their roſinous and combuſtible part demonſtrate them to be hot, as well as the Burdock.”

“The Pines and Firs which grow upon the Sea-coaſts, are ſaid to have in the ſummer-time a kind of Roſinous Gum diſtilling from them, which falling into the Baltick and Bothnick Seas, and by the waves carryed to the Pruſſian ſhore, has given occaſion to ſome, to aſcribe to this the original of their Amber, which ſeems to be rather a coagulation of Petroleum.”

“The Sowre humour is expelled by Sweat, by Aromatical and Roſinous Medicines that cauſe Sweat, as Lignum Vitae, Saſſafras, Juniper, Box, Oak, and ſuch like woods, ſet down alſo elſewhere.”

“[…]partly becauſe it was an hilly and woody country, and partly becauſe it abounded with roſinous, and oily, and gummy Trees, as appears from Gen. 37. 25. Ier. 8. 22.”

“There are Juices, 1. Aqueous,[…]5. Roſinous, 6. Bituminous.”

“The Leaves and Root yield a gluey Juice, inclining to yellow, of a roſinous Smell that is agreeable enough, and of a ſharp, tart and biting Taſte.”

“The candles made of white lac also smoked and produced a rosinous smell.”

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