Under the obstruction-which I took to be some kind of resinous lubricant-I detected the gleam of contacts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Planet Mechanica]

Besides, I hoped that in this walk we should meet with some kind of resinous tree, the branches of which might serve as torches.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aventures d'un jeune naturaliste. English] Reference

The resinous smell of the wood is very remarkable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seasoning of Wood] Reference

Wood light, not durable or strong, resinous, easily split.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seasoning of Wood] Reference

Garnet takes a keener and more resinous luster than glass.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference

They are soft and rich, and have a slightly resinous flavor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885] Reference

Do not permit the animal to eat resinous plants as stated above.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Veterinarian] Reference

The skin is full of a resinous sap, and the fruit is of little value.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fruits of Queensland] Reference

A resinous substance that fell after a fireball? at Neuhaus, Bohemia.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of the Damned] Reference

It has a dull resinous luster and burns with a bright flame without fusing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference

Usually it is stiff, quite strong, of even texture, and more or less resinous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seasoning of Wood] Reference

The gum, or resinous covering, of the buds protects them from injury by rain or snow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference

The resinous layer burns away without running or bubbling, and leaves a dull metallic surface.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Laboratory Arts] Reference

Kneeling in the bow of the vinta, he hastily lighted a green resinous torch and stuck it upright.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old] Reference

From these Tom whittled shavings from their less resinous ends, leaving the shavings on the sticks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods] Reference

“The resinous parts of the wood,” he says, “are cut into small pieces, and serve for candles.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.] Reference

Its lustre is sometimes resinous, sometimes vitreous, and it crystallises in the 2nd (hexagonal) system.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones] Reference

The fictitious amber, on the contrary, breaks or becomes rough, and has a resinous turpentine-like smell.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notes and Queries, Number 188, June 4, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.] Reference

Cutch is a dark resinous stuff, which is thrown into a copper full of water and boiled till it is dissolved.    From Wordnik.com.  [Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants"] Reference

It is of true adamantine lustre, classed by experts as midway between the truly metallic and the purely resinous.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones] Reference

The bath resembles a large oven, in which, after having been heated with resinous fir-wood, the patients sit as in a Turkish bath.    From Wordnik.com.  [The South of France—East Half] Reference

Violins without corners, and that he applied to the wood a preparation for the purpose of extracting the resinous particles from it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators] Reference

Light, not strong, soft, very durable in contact with the soil, not resinous, easily worked, does not burn easily, receives high polish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seasoning of Wood] Reference

They also make skins for carrying water, wine, and other liquids, coated within with a resinous substance, as is still the custom in Egypt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference

A tube leading from the mouth of the retort must be passed into the resinous solution, where the gas will be absorbed, and the lac precipitated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference

Hips of downy rose, whose foliage yields a delicious resinous aroma when crushed between finger and thumb, had turned scarlet and were softening.    From Wordnik.com.  [Country diary: Durham coast] Reference

Giacomo was waiting at the door for him, and taking a resinous torch, lighted his master to the strange room which we described in the first part of this book.    From Wordnik.com.  [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference