Resined

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. To be covered or infused with a thick, sticky substance derived from plants or synthetic materials
2. Relating to an item that has received a treatment of a viscous organic compound usually from trees
3. Having a surface layer of a sticky, viscous organic substance usually obtained from plants or synthetics

Etymology: Resin reaches English from Latin "resina", which in turn was borrowed from Greek "rhētinē", a word for the sticky sap of pine and other trees. The Greek root carried the idea of pouring out or flowing, so the substance was named for how it oozed from bark. Middle English adopted the word from Old French "résine", and the verb "resin" grew out of that noun. Its doublet, "rosin", came into English along a different path. Both forms descend from the same Latin source, but "rosin" kept a shape closer to the older spelling that dominated in some trades. The two words have remained separate in meaning, with "rosin" now usually naming the solid residue left after distilling turpentine, used on violin bows and in dance shoes.

Synonyms: gummed, sticky