n any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules
Newport now manufactures acceptable turpentine and rosin in grades ranging from the worst and darkest Grade B ("Benny" to Newport men, "Betsy" to Hercules) to the finest .
They get their rosin, turpentine and pine oil not from sawdust but from the dead stumps in cut-over Southern timber landthe deader the better.
Hundreds of individual distillers boiled it down, sold turpentine and rosin to factors who stored them until purchasers came to buy.
LATEST NEWS Washington Nationals starting pitcher Dan Haren tosses down the rosin bag after giving up five runs in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 in Denver.
June 12, 2013 - Greenwich Time