n. [ The name is probably due to a German theologian,
☞ The Rosicrucians also called brothers of the Rosy Cross, Rosy-cross Knights, Rosy-cross philosophers, etc. Among other pretensions, they claimed to be able to transmute metals, to prolong life, to know what is passing in distant places, and to discover the most hidden things by the application of the Cabala and science of numbers. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to the Rosicrucians, or their arts. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Decorated with roses, or with the color of roses. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., fr. L. rosarius of roses. Cf. Rosary. ] A rosebush; roses, collectively. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Crowned with a garland of sweet rosier. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a rosy manner. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ A variant of resin. ] The hard, amber-colored resin left after distilling off the volatile oil of turpentine; colophony. [ 1913 Webster ]
Rosin oil,
v. t. To rub with rosin, as musicians rub the bow of a violin. [ 1913 Webster ]
Or with the rosined bow torment the string. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being rosy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.)
a. like rosin, or having its qualities. [ 1913 Webster ]