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Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class III. Words Relating to Matter
Section II. Inorganic Matter
3. Imperfect Fluids

356a. Resin.

   NOUN:RESIN, rosin, colophony, gum; lac, shellac or shell-lac, sealing wax; amber, ambergris; bitumen, pitch, tar; asphalt or asphaltum; camphor; varnish, copal, mastic, megilp or magilp, lacquer, japan, Brunswick black.
   VERB:VARNISH (overlay) [See Covering]; rosin, resin.
   ADJECTIVE:RESINOUS, resiny, rosinous [rare], lacquered, japanned, camphorated, tarred, tarry, pitched, pitchy, gummed, gummy, gummous, waxed; bituminous, asphaltic, asphaltite.