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rosil, n. Now dial.|ˈrɒzɪl, ˈrɒz(ə)l|
Forms: 5 rosell, 6 rossall, 6, 8 rossell (8 rossel); 5 rosyle, 7, 9 rosil, 8–9 rossil; 9 rozzel, rozzle.
[Variant of rosin n.]
1. Rosin, resin.
14..Nom. in Wr.-Wülcker 683 Hec rosina, rosyle. 1485–6Durh. Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 416 Pro 4or dd. de rosell, 3s. 4d. 1571in Eng. Hist. Rev. XII. 447 For mixing white wax with rossall and turpentyne. 1579York Fabric Rolls (Surtees) 117 For rossell to the plumber, 3s. 1691Ray S. & E.C. Words s.v., I suppose from rosin, which here in Essex the Vulgar call Rosill. 1787–in many dialect glossaries.
2. A kind of soil (see rosilly a.).
Hence ˈrosil v. dial.
1819R. Anderson Cumbld. Ball. (c 1850) 95 He rozzelt the strings. |