Resin

rez′in, n. an amorphous substance that exudes from plants, supposed to be the product of oxidation of volatile oils secreted by the plant: the precipitate obtained from a vegetable tincture by treatment with water.— v.t. to coat with resin.— adj. Resinā′ceo us , resinous.— n. Res′ināte , a salt of the acids obtained from turpentine.— adj. Resinif′erous , yielding resin.— n. Resinificā′tion , the proce of treating with resin.— adj. Res′in i form .— vs.t. Res′inify , to change into resin; Res′inise , to treat with resin.— adjs. Res′ino-elec′tric , containing negative electricity; Res′inoid ; Res′inous , having the qualities of, or resembling, resin.— adv. Res′inously .— n. Res′inousne .— adj. Res′iny , like resin.— Gum resins , the milky juices of certain plants solidified by exposure to air; Hard resins , at ordinary temperatures solid and brittle, easily pulverised, containing little or no e ential oil ( copal , lac , jalap , .); Soft resins , mouldable by the hand—some are viscous and semi-fluid balsams ( turpentine , storax , Canada balsam , .). [Fr.,—L. resīna .]