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resin
/ˈɹɛzən/
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What does resin mean?
noun
- A viscous water-insoluble hydrocarbon exudate of certain plants, or such a substance as a component of a plant exudate; used in lacquers, varnishes and many other applications.
- Any synthetic compound of similar properties.
verb
- To apply resin to.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɹɛzən/
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The resin, with which the cones are bedraggled, is thus burned off, the nuts slightly roasted, and the scales made to open.
Beautiful perfumes, breaths of bay, resin, and nutmeg, came to us more often and grew sweeter and sharper as the afternoon declined.
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"Greek-fire" is supposed to have been gunpowder mixed with resin or petroleum, and thrown in the form of fuses and explosive shells.
Then he came to the harbour, which was lit up by the resin torches of the fishermen, who were fishing from their boats.
Or else, springing from a genus akin to the cotton-workers, she used to build resin partitions in the spiral stairway of a dead Snail.