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Rose (?), v. t. 1. To render rose-colored; to redden; to flush. [Poetic] “A maid yet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty.” Shak.
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2. To perfume, as with roses. [Poetic] Tennyson.
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Roseal (?), a. [L. roseus, fr. rosa a rose.] resembling a rose in smell or color. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
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Roseate (?), a. [Cf. L. roseus, rosatus, prepared from roses. See , .] 1. Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate bowers.
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2. resembling a rose in color or fragrance; esp., tinged with rose color; blooming; as, roseate beauty; her roseate lips.
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Coloq. Roseate tern (Zoöl.), an American and European tern (Sterna Dougalli) whose breast is roseate in the breeding season.
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Rosebay (?), n. (Bot.) (a) the oleander. [Obs.] (b) Any shrub of the genus Rhododendron. [U.S.] (c) An herb (Epilobium spicatum) with showy purple flowers, common in Europe and North America; -- called also great willow herb.
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Rosebud (?), n. The flower of a rose before it opens, or when but partially open.
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Rosebush (?), n. The bush or shrub which bears roses.
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Rose-colored (?), a. 1. Having the color of a pink rose; rose-pink; of a delicate pink color.
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2. Uncommonly beautiful; hence, extravagantly fine or pleasing; alluring; as, rose-colored anticipations.
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Rose-cut (?), a. Cut flat on the reverse, and with a convex face formed of triangular facets in rows; -- said of diamonds and other precious stones. See Rose diamond, under . Cf. , n.
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Rosedrop, n. 1. A lozenge having a rose flavor.
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2. A kind of earring. Simmonds.
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3. (Med.) A ruddy eruption upon the nose caused by drinking ardent spirits; a grog blossom.
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Rosefinch (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of Asiatic finches of the genera Carpodacus, and Propasser, and allied genera, in which the male is more or less colored with rose red.
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Rosefish (?), n. (Zoöl.) A large marine scorpænoid food fish (Sebastes marinus) found on the northern coasts of Europe and America. called also red perch, hemdurgan, Norway haddok, and also, erroneously, snapper, bream, and bergylt.
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☞ When full grown it is usually bright rose-red or orange-red; the young are usually mottled with red and ducky brown.
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Rosehead (?), n. 1. See , n., 4.
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2. A many-sided pyramidal head upon a nail; also a nail with such a head.
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Roseine (? or ?), n. See .
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Roselite (?), n. [From the German mineralogist G. Rose + -lite.] (Min.) A hydrous arsenite of cobalt, occuring in small red crystals, allied to erythrite.
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Rosella (?), n. [NL., dim. of L. rosa rose.] (Zoöl.) A beautiful Australian parrakeet (Platycercus eximius) often kept as a cage bird. The head and back of the neck are scarlet, the throat is white, the back dark green varied with lighter green, and the breast yellow.
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Roselle (?), n. (Bot.) a malvaceous plant (Hibiscus Sabdariffa) cultivated in the east and West Indies for its fleshy calyxes, which are used for making tarts and jelly and an acid drink.
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Rosemaloes (?), n. [From the native name; cf. Malay rasamāla the name of the tree.] The liquid storax of the East Indian Liquidambar orientalis.
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Rosemary (?), n. [OE. rosmarine, L. rosmarinus; ros dew (cf. Russ. rosa, Lith. rasa, Skr. rasa juice) + marinus marine: cf. F. romarin. In English the word has been changed as if it meant the rose of Mary. See .] A labiate shrub (Rosmarinus officinalis) with narrow grayish leaves, growing native in the southern part of France, Spain, and Italy, also in Asia Minor and in China. It has a fragrant smell, and a warm, pungent, bitterish taste. It is used in cookery, perfumery, etc., and is an emblem of fidelity or constancy.
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There's rosemary, that's for remembrance. Shak.
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Coloq. Marsh rosemary . (a) A little shrub (Andromeda polifolia) growing in cold swamps and having leaves like those of the rosemary. (b) See under . -- Coloq. Rosemary pine , the loblolly pine. See under .
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Rosen (?), a. Consisting of roses; rosy. [Obs.]
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Rosenmüller's organ (?). [So named from its first describer, J. C. Rosenmüller, a German anatomist.] (Anat.) The parovarium.
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Roseo- (?). (Chem.) A prefix (also used adjectively) signifying rose-red; specifically used to designate certain rose-red compounds (called roseo-cobaltic compounds) of cobalt with ammonia. Cf. -.
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Roseola (?), n. [NL., dim. of L. rosa a rose.] (med.) A rose-colored efflorescence upon the skin, occurring in circumscribed patches of little or no elevation and often alternately fading and reviving; also, an acute specific disease which is characterized by an eruption of this character; -- called also rose rash. -- Roseolous (#), a.
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Rose-pink (?), a. 1. Having a pink color like that of the rose, or like the pigment called rose pink. See Rose pink, under .
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2. Disposed to clothe everything with roseate hues; hence, sentimental. “Rose-pink piety.” C. Kingsley.
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Roser (?), n. A rosier; a rosebush. [Obs.]
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Rose-red (?), a. Red as a rose; specifically (Zoöl.), of a pure purplish red color. Chaucer.
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Rose-rial (?), n. [See , and .] A name of several English gold coins struck in different reigns and having having different values; a rose noble.
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Roseroot (?), n. (Bot.) A fleshy-leaved herb (Rhodiola rosea); rosewort; -- so called because the roots have the odor of roses.
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Rosery (?), n. A place where roses are cultivated; a nursery of roses. See , 1.
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Roset (?), n. [F. rosette. See .] A red color used by painters. Peacham.
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Ro-setta stone (?). A stone found at Rosetta, in Egypt, bearing a trilingual inscription, by aid of which, with other inscriptions, a key was obtained to the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt. Brande & C.
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Rosetta wood (?). An east Indian wood of a reddish orange color, handsomely veined with darker marks. It is occasionally used for cabinetwork. Ure.
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Rosette (?), n. [F., dim. of rose a rose. Cf. .] 1. An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, -- used as an ornament or a badge.
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2. (Arch.) An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel, -much used in decoration.
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3. A red color. See .
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4. A rose burner. See under .
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5. (Zoöl.) (a) Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins. See Illust. of , and Sand dollar, under . (b) A flowerlike color marking; as, the rosettes on the leopard.
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Rose water (?). Water tinctured with roses by distillation.
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Rose-water, a. Having the odor of rose water; hence, affectedly nice or delicate; sentimental. “Rose-water philanthropy.” Carlyle.
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Rosewood (?), n. A valuable cabinet wood of a dark red color, streaked and variegated with black, obtained from several tropical leguminous trees of the genera Dalbergia and Machærium. The finest kind is from Brazil, and is said to be from the Dalbergia nigra.
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Coloq. African rosewood , the wood of the leguminous tree Pterocarpus erinaceus. -- Coloq. Jamaica rosewood , the wood of two West Indian trees (Amyris balsamifera, and Linocieria ligustrina). -- Coloq. New South Wales rosewood , the wood of Trichilia glandulosa, a tree related to the margosa.
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Roseworm (?), n. (Zoöl.) The larva of any one of several species of lepidopterous insects which feed upon the leaves, buds, or blossoms of the rose, especially Cacæcia rosaceana, which rolls up the leaves for a nest, and devours both the leaves and buds.
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Rosewort (?), n. (Bot.) (a) Roseroot. (b) Any plant nearly related to the rose. Lindley.
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Rosicrucian (?), n. [The name is probably due to a German theologian, Johann Valentin Andreä, who in anonymous pamphlets called himself a knight of the Rose Cross (G. Rosenkreuz), using a seal with a St. Andrew's cross and four roses.)] One who, in the 17th century and the early part of the 18th, claimed to belong to a secret society of philosophers deeply versed in the secrets of nature, -- the alleged society having existed, it was stated, several hundred years.
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☞ The Rosicrucians also called brothers of the Rosy Cross, Rosy-cross Knights, Rosy-cross philosophers, etc. Among other pretensions, they claimed to be able to transmute metals, to prolong life, to know what is passing in distant places, and to discover the most hidden things by the application of the Cabala and science of numbers.
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Rosicrucian (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Rosicrucians, or their arts.
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Rosied (?), a. Decorated with roses, or with the color of roses.
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Rosier (?), n. [F., fr. L. rosarius of roses. Cf. .] A rosebush; roses, collectively. [Obs.]
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Crowned with a garland of sweet rosier. Spenser.
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Rosily (?), adv. In a rosy manner. M. Arnold.
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Rosin (?), n. [A variant of resin.] The hard, amber-colored resin left after distilling off the volatile oil of turpentine; colophony.
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Coloq. Rosin oil , an oil obtained from the resin of the pine tree, -- used by painters and for lubricating machinery, etc.
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Rosin, v. t. To rub with rosin, as musicians rub the bow of a violin.
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Or with the rosined bow torment the string. Gay.
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Rosiness (?), n. The quality of being rosy.
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Rosinweed (?), n. (Bot.) (a) The compass plant. See under . (b) A name given in California to various composite plants which secrete resins or have a resinous smell.
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Rosiny (?), a. like rosin, or having its qualities.
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Rosland (?), n. [W. rhos a meadow, a moor + E. land.] heathy land; land full of heather; moorish or watery land. [prov. Eng.]
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Rosmarine (?), n. [OE. See .] 1. Dew from the sea; sea dew. [Obs.]
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That purer brine
And wholesome dew called rosmarine. B. Jonson.
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2. Rosemary. [Obs.] Spenser. “Biting on anise seed and rosmarine.” Bp. Hall.
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Rosmarine, n. [Norw. rosmar a walrus; ros a horse (akin to E. horse) + (probably) mar the sea.] A fabulous sea animal which was reported to climb by means of its teeth to the tops of rocks to feed upon the dew.
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And greedly rosmarines with visages deforme. Spenser.
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Rosolic (?), a. [Rose + carbolic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex red dyestuff (called rosolic acid) which is analogous to rosaniline and aurin. It is produced by oxidizing a mixture of phenol and cresol, as a dark red amorphous mass, C20H16O3, which forms weak salts with bases, and stable ones with acids. Called also methyl aurin, and, formerly, corallin.
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Ross (?); 115), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] The rough, scaly matter on the surface of the bark of trees. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]
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Ross, v. t. To divest of the ross, or rough, scaly surface; as, to ross bark. [Local, U.S.]
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Rossel (?), n. Light land; rosland. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Mortimer.
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Rosselly (?), a. Loose; light. [Obs.] Mortimer.
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Rost (?), n. See . [Scot.] Jamieson.
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Rostel (?), n. [L. rostellum, dim. of rostrum a beak: cf. F. rostelle.] same as .
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Rostellar (?), a. Pertaining to a rostellum.
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Rostellate (?), a. [NL. rostellatus.] Having a rostellum, or small beak; terminating in a beak.
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Rostelliform (?), a. Having the form of a rostellum, or small beak.
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Rostellum (?), n.; pl. Rostella (#). [L. See .] A small beaklike process or extension of some part; a small rostrum; as, the rostellum of the stigma of violets, or of the operculum of many mosses; the rostellum on the head of a tapeworm.
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Roster (?), n. [Perhaps a corruption of register; or cf. roll.] (Mil.) A register or roll showing the order in which officers, enlisted men, companies, or regiments are called on to serve.
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Rostra (?), n. pl. See , 2.
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Rostral (?), a. [L. rostralis, fr. rostrum a beak; cf. F. rostral.] Of or pertaining to the beak or snout of an animal, or the beak of a ship; resembling a rostrum, esp., the rostra at Rome, or their decorations.
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[Monuments] adorned with rostral crowns and naval ornaments. Addison.
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{ Rostrate (?), Rostrated (?) }, a. [L. rostratus, fr. rostrum a beak. See .] 1. Having a process resembling the beak of a bird; beaked; rostellate.
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2. Furnished or adorned with beaks; as, rostrated galleys.
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Rostrifera (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. rostrum beak + ferre to bear.] (Zoöl.) A division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, having the head prolonged into a snout which is not retractile.
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Rostriform (?), a. [L. rostrum a beak + -form: cf. F. rostrifarme.] Having the form of a beak.
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Rostrulum (-trụlŭm), n.; pl. Rostrula (#). [NL., dim. of L. rostrum a beak.] A little rostrum, or beak, as of an insect.
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Rostrum (-trŭm), n.; pl. L. Rostra (#), E. Rostrums (#). [L., beak, ship's beak, fr. rodere, rosum, to gnaw. See .] 1. The beak or head of a ship.
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