resilient 
Resilient Stricture, a contractile stricture formed by 
elastic tissue, and making permanent dilatation impossi- 
ble or difficult. 
resilition (rez-i-lish'on). . [Irreg. < resile + 
-itiim.] The act of resiling or springing back ; 
resilience. [Bare.] 
The act of flying back in consequence of motion resisted ; 
resilition. Johnson's Diet, (under rebound). 
resiluationt (re-zil-u-a'shon), n. [Prob. irreg. 
(in late ML. medical jargon ?) < L. resilire (pp. 
resultus), spring back: see resilient.'] Resili- 
ence ; renewed attack. 
There is. as phisicians saye, and as we also fy ml. double 
the perell in the renilminiin that was in the fyrste sycknes. 
Hall, Edward V., f. 11. (UalUmll.) 
The resiluation of an Ague is desperate, and the second 
opening of a veyne deadly. 
Lyly, Euphues and his England, p. 316. 
resin (rez'in), . [Also rosin, q. v. ; early mod. 
E. also rasin ; < ME. recyn, rccyne, also rosyn, 
rosyne, < OF. resinc (also rosine, ntsine), F. ri- 
sine = Sp. Pg. It. resina, < L. resiiia, prob. < Gr. 
pr/rivr/, resin (of the pine).] 1. (a) A hardened 
secretion found in many species of plants, or 
a substance produced by exposure of the se- 
cretion to the air. It Is allied to and probably derived 
from a volatile oil. The typical resins are oxidized hydro- 
carbons, amorphous, brittle, having a vitreous fracture, 
insoluble in water, and freely soluble in alcohol, ether, and 
volatile oils. They unite with alkalis to form soaps. They 
melt at a low heat, are non-volatile, and burn quickly 
with a smoky flame. The hardest resins are fossilized 
like amber and copal, but they show all gradations of 
hardness through oleoresins and balsams to essential oils. 
The hard retina are nearly inodorous, and contain little 
or no volatile oil ; the gqft resins owe their softness to the 
volatile oil associated with them. The common resin of 
commerce exudes in a semi-fluid state from several spe- 
cies of pine (in the United States, chiefly the long-leaved 
pine). From this the oil of turpentine is separated by 
distillation. Resins are largely used in the preparation 
of varnishes, and several are used in medicine. Seepum. 
(6) The precipitate formed by treating a tinc- 
ture with water. 
2. See rosin, 2. Acarold resin. See amroid. Alde- 
hyde resin. .See aldehyde. Bile-resin, a name given to 
the bile-acids. Black boy resin. Same as blaclcltoy gum. 
See Mackboy. Bon-nafa resin, an amber-yellow resin 
prepared in Algeria from Thapsia garga nica. Botany 
Bay resin. Same as acaroid gum (which see, under 
aearoid). Carbolized resin-cloth, an antiseptic dress- 
ing made by steeping thin calico muslin in carbolic acid, 
2 parts; castor-oil, 2; resin, 16; alcohol, 40. Fossil or 
mineral resins, amber, petroleum, asphalt, bitumen, and 
other mineral hydrocarbons. Grass-tree resin. Same 
as aearoid regin. Highgate resin, fossil copal : named 
from Highgate, near London. Seecopalin. Kauri-resin. 
Same as kauri-yum. Piny resin, See pinyi. Resin 
Cerate, a cerate composed of 35 parts of resin, 15 of yel- 
low wax, and 50 of lard. Resin core, in founding. See 
corei. Resin Of copaiba, the residue left after distil- 
ling the volatile oil from copaiba. Resin of copper, 
copper protochlorid : so called from its resemblance to 
common resin. Resin of gualac, the resin of the wood 
of Guaiamm o/icinale: same as guaiacum, 3. Also called 
guaiac and guaiaci resina. Resin of jalap, the resin 
obtained by treating the strong tincture of the tuberous 
root of Ipom/ea purga with water. It is purgative in its 
action. Resin of Leptandra, the resin obtained from 
Veronica Viryinica. Resin of podophyllum, the resin 
obtained by precipitation with water from a concentrated 
tincture of podophyllum. It is cathartic in its action. 
Resin of scammony, the resin obtained from tincture of 
scammony by precipitation with water or by evaporation 
of the clarified tincture. Resin Of thapsia, a resin ob- 
tained from Thapsia garganica by evaporating the tinc- 
ture : used as a counter-irritant. Also called thapsia. 
resin and resina. thapsix. Resin Of turpeth, a resin 
obtained from the root-bark of Ipomxa Turpethwn. 
Resin ointment, plaster, etc. See ointment, plaster, 
etc. White resin. See rosin. Yellow resin. Seenwrm. 
resin (rez'in), ?. t. [<. resin, 11.] To treat, rub, 
or coat with resin. 
resina (re-zi'na), B. [L. : see resin.] Resin. 
resinaceous (r'ez-i-na'shius), a. [< L. resina- 
ceus, < resina, resin : see resin.] Resinous ; hav- 
ing the quality of resin. Imp. Diet. 
resinata (rez-i-ua'ta), 11. [< L. resinnta, fern, 
of resinatus, resined: see resinate.] The com- 
mon white wine used in Greece, which is gen- 
erally kept in goat- or pig-skins, and has its 
peculiar flavor from the pine resin or pitch with 
which the skins are smeared on the inside. 
resinate (rez'i-nat), v. t.; pret. and pp. resi- 
nated, ppr. restituting. [< L. resinatus, resined 
(vinum resinatum, resined wiiie), < resina, resin : 
see resin.] To flavor or impregnate with resin, 
as the ordinary white wine of modern Greece. 
resinate (rez'i-nat), . [= F. resinate, < NL. 
resinatum, neut. of resinatus, resined: see resi- 
nate, v.] A salt of the acids obtained from tur- 
pentine. 
resin-bush (rez'in-bush), H. See mastic, 2. 
resin-cell (rez'in-sel), . In lot., a cell which 
has the office of secreting resin. 
resin-duct (rez'in-dukt), n. In bot., same as 
resin-passage. 
resin-flux (rez'in-fluks), . A disease in coni- 
fers characterized by a copious flow of resin, 
o!04 
with the ultimate death of the tree, due to the 
attacks of a fungus, Aijtiricn.- HH-//I-HX. De Sari/. 
resin-eland (rez'in-gland), . In hot., a cell or 
a small group of cells which secrete or contain 
resin. 
resiniferous (rez-i-nif'e-rus), a. [= F. rfaiiii- 
fere = It. resinifero, < L. resina, resin, + ferre, 
= E. bear*.] Yielding resin : as, a resiniferous 
tree or vessel. 
resinincation (rezi-ni-fi-ka'shon), 11. [= F. 
rcsinifieatioii, < rrsinijier, treat with resin: see 
resinify.] The act or process of treating with 
resin. 
The reunification of the drying oils may be effected by 
the smallest quantities of certain substances. 
Ure, Diet., III. 448. 
resiniform (rez'i-ni-fdrm), a. [< F. n'nini- 
fornie, < L. resina, resin, + forma, shape.] 
Having the character of resin ; resinoid. Imp. 
Diet. 
resinify (rez'i-ni-fi), r.; pret. and pp. reunified, 
ppr. resinifying. [< F. rrsinijier, < L. resina, 
resin, + -ficare, < facere, make : see resin and 
-fll-] It trans. To change into resin ; cause to 
become resinous. 
II. intrans. To become resinous; be trans- 
formed into resin. 
Exposed to the air, It [volatile oil obtained from hops by 
distillation with water] resinifiet. Encyc. Brit., XII. 157. 
resinize (rez'i-niz), v. t. ; pret. and pp. resin- 
i:ed, ppr. resinizing. [< resin + -i:e.'] To treat 
with resin. 
resino-electric (rez'i-no-e-lek'trik), a. Con- 
taining or exhibiting negative electricity: ap- 
plied to certain substances, as amber, sealing- 
wax, etc., which become resinously or negative- 
ly electric under friction. 
resinoid (rez'i-noid), a. and n. [= F. resinoide, 
< L. resina, resin, + Gr. cidof, form. Cf. Gr. 
pnrtvuirK, resinoid.] I. a. Resembling resin. 
Minute resinoid yellowish-brown granules. 
W. B. Carpenter, Micros.. 696. 
II. . A resinous substance, either a true 
resin or a mixture containing one. 
resinous (rez'i-nus), a. [< OF. resineux, F. re- 
silient = Sp. Pg. It. resinoso, < L. resinosus, full 
of resin, < resina, resin : see resin.] Pertaining 
to or obtained from resin; partaking of the 
properties of resin ; like resin : as, resinous sub- 
stancesResinous electricity. See electricity. Res- 
inous luster. See luster*, 2. 
resinously (rez'i-nus-li), ailr. In the manner 
of a resinous body ; also, by means of resin. 
If any body become electrified in any way. It must be- 
come either vitreously or resinously electrified. 
A. DanieU, Prin. of Physics, p. 519. 
resinousness (rez'i-nus-nes). . The character 
of being resinous. 
resin-passage (rez'in-pas'aj), . In bot., an 
intercellular canal in which resin is secreted. 
resin-tube (rez'in-tub), w. In hot., same as 
resin-passage. 
resiny (rez'i-ni), . [< resin + -y 1 .] Having a 
resinous character; containing or covered with 
resin. 
resipiscence (res-i-pis'ens), n. [< OF. resipis- 
cence, F. resipiscence = It. resipiscenza, < L. 
resipiscentia, a change of mind, repentance (tr. 
Gr. fierdvoia), < resipiscere, repent.] Change to 
a better frame of mind; repentance. The term 
is never used for that regret of a vicious man at letting 
pass an opportunity of vice or crime which is sometimes 
called repentance. [Rare.] 
They drew a flattering picture of the resipiscence of the 
Anglican party. Hallam. 
resipiscent (res-i-pis'ent), a. [< L. resipis- 
cen(t-)s, ppr. of resipisc ere, recover one's senses, 
come to oneself again, recover, inceptive of 
resipere, savor, taste of, < re-, again, + sapere, 
taste, also be wise: see sapient.] Restored to 
one's senses; right-minded. [Rare.] 
Grammar, in the end, resipiscent&na sane as of old, goes 
forth properly clothed and in Its right mind. 
F. Hall, False Philol., p. 67. 
resist (re-zisf), c. [< OF. register, F. register 
= Pr. Sp. Pg. resistir = It. resistere, < L. resis- 
tere, stand back, stand still, withstand, resist, 
< re-, back, + sistere, make to stand, set, also 
stand fast, causative of store, stand: see stand. 
Cf. assist, consist, desist, exist, insist, persist.] 
I. trans. 1. To withstand; oppose passively 
or actively; antagonize; act against; exert 
physical or moral force in opposition to. 
Either side of the bank being fringed with most beauti- 
ful trees, which resisted the sun's darts from over-much 
piercing the natural coldness of the river. 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, ii. 
resistance 
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. .las. iv. 7. 
The sword 
Of Michael, from the armoury of (iod, 
Was given him, temper'd so that neither keen 
Nor solid might resist that edge. 
Miltim, P. L., vi. 323. 
That which gives me most Hopes of her is her telling 
me of the many Temptations she has resisted. 
Congreve, Double-Dealer, iii. .1. 
While self-dependent power can time defy, 
As rocks resist the billows and the sky. 
Goldsmith, Des. VU., 1. 430. 
What's done we partly may compute, 
But know not what 's resisted. 
Burns, To the t'nco Guid. 
2f. To be disagreeable or distasteful to ; offend. 
These cates resist me, she but thought upon. 
Shot., Pericles, ii. 3. 29. 
= Syn. 1. Withstand, etc. See oppose. 
II. intrans. To make opposition ; act in oppo- 
sition. 
Lay hold upon him ; if he do resist, 
Subdue him at his peril. 
Shale., Othello, 1. 2. 80. 
resist (re-zisf), n. [< resist, r.] 1. Any com- 
position applied to a surface to protect it from 
chemical action, as to enable it to resist the 
corrosion of acids, etc. 
This latter metal [steel] requires to be preserved against 
the action of the cleansing acids and of the graining mix- 
ture by a composition called resist. 
Workshop Receipts, 1st ser., p. 199. 
2. Specifically, in calico-printing, a sort of paste 
applied to a fabric to prevent color or mordant 
from fixyig on those parts not intended to be 
colored, either by acting mechanically in pre- 
venting the color, etc., from reaching the cloth, 
or chemically in changing the color so as to ren- 
der it incapable of fixing itself in the fibers. 
Also called resist-paste, resistant, and reserve. 
3. A stopping-out; also, the material used for 
Stopping out Resist style, in calico-printing, the 
process of dyeing In a pattern by the use of a resist. 
resistal (re-zis'tal), n. Resistance. [Rare.] 
All resistalls, 
Quarrels, and ripping up of injuries 
Are smother'd in the ashes of our wrath, 
Whose fire is now extinct. 
Ueywood, Fair Maid of the West (Works, ed. Pearson, 1874, 
[II. 401). 
resistance (re-zis'tans ), w. [Also insistence; < 
ME. resistence, < OF. residence, later resistance, 
F. resistance = Pr. Sp. Pg. resistencia = It. 
resistenza, < ML. "resistentia, < L. resisten(t-)s, 
ppr. of resistere, resist: see resist, resistant.] 1. 
The act of resisting ; opposition ; antagonism. 
Resistance is passive, as that of a fixed body which inter- 
rupts the passage of a moving body ; or active, as in the 
exertion of force to stop, repel, or defeat progress or de- 
sign. 
Nae registans durst they mak. 
Battle of llarlaw (Child's Ballads, VII. 183). 
He'll not swagger with a Barbary hen, if her feathers 
turn back in any show of resistance. 
Shak., 2 Hen. IV., 11. 4. 109. 
2. The force exerted by a fluid or other medium 
to retard the motion of a body through it ; 
more generally, any force which always acts in 
a direction opposite to the residual velocity, or 
to any component of it: as, resistance to shear- 
ing. In a phrase like this, resistance may be denned 
as a stress produced by a strain, and tending to restora- 
tion of figure. But the resistance is not necessarily elas- 
tic that is, It may cease, and as resistance does cease, 
when the velocity vanishes. In the older dynamical trea- 
tises, resistance is always considered as a function of the 
velocity.'except in the case of friction, which does not 
vary with the velocity, or at least not much. In modern 
hydrodynamics the viscosity is taken into account, and 
produces a kind of resistance partly proportional to the 
velocity and partly to the acceleration. The theory of re- 
sistance still remains imperfect. 
Energy, which is force acting, does work in overcoming 
Resistance, which is force acted on and reacting. 
0. H. Lewes, Probs. of Life and Mind, II. v. ; 5. 
3. In elect., that property of a conductor in 
virtue of which the passage of a current through 
it is accompanied by a dissipation of energy; 
the transformation of electric energy into heat. 
It is one of the two elements upon which the strength of 
an electric current depends when the flow is steady ; the 
other is electromotive force, and the relation between 
them is generally expressed by the equation C = i: Ii. 
which is Ohm's law. Resistance may therefore be defined 
as the ratio of the electromotive force to the current 
strength (R = F./C), the flow being assumed to be steady. 
For simple periodic alternate currents, the resistance in- 
creases as the rapidity of alternation increases, and it also 
depends on the form of the conductor. Resistance to such 
currents is sometimes called impedance and also virtual 
resistance, that for steady flow being named ohmic resin, 
tance. In general, resistance is proportional to the length 
of the conductor and inversely proportional to its cross- 
section. It also varies with the temperature of the con- 
ductor, the nature of the material of which it is composed, 
the stress to which it is subjected, and in some instances 
with other physical conditions, as in the case of selenium, 
the resistance of which diminishes as the Intensity of the 
