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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Resinous \Res"in*ous\ (-?s), a. [L. resinous: cf F.
r['e]sineux. See {Resin}.]
Of or pertaining to resin; of the nature of resin; resembling
or obtained from resin.
{Resinous electricity} (Elec.), electricity which is exited
by rubbing bodies of the resinous kind See {Negative
electricity}, under {Negative}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
resinous
adj : having the characteristics of pitch or tar [syn: {pitchy}, {resiny},
{tarry}]
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