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transitive. To smear or seal up with rosin; to rub (something, esp. a violin bow or string) with rosin. Occasionally intransitive. Also figurative.
transitive. To rub or treat (esp. a violin bow or string) with resin. Also with up. Cf. rosin, v. 1.
transitive. To rub (esp. a violin bow) with rosin.