or rozin, rozin-the-bow, subs. (old).—1. A fiddler; and (2) fiddler’s lap. Whence as verb. = (1) to fiddle; and (2) to drink: ROSINNED (HALLIWELL) = drunk.
1607. DEKKER, Westward Ho! v. 1. They are but ROSINING, sir, and they’ll scrape themselves into your company presently.
1870. Figaro, 31 Oct. They playfully call me “ROSIN,” and … yet I must, perforce, go on with my playing.
1892. SYDNEY WATSON, Wops the Waif, iii. A short lame man, with a violin under his arm, suggesting the identity with the ROZIN announced.
