Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Rosalgar

Ro‐sal″gar (?), n. realgar. chaucer.

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Rosalia

‖Ro‐sa″li‐a (?), n. [Cf. F. rosalie.] (Mus.) A form of melody in which a phrase or passage is successively repeated, each time a step or half step higher; a melodic sequence.

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Rosaniline

Ros‐an″i‐line (? or?), n. [Rose + aniline.] (Chem.) A complex nitrogenous base, C20H21N3O, obtained by oxidizing a mixture of aniline and toluidine, as a colorless crystalline s...

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Rosarian

Ro‐sa″ri‐an (?), n. A cultivator of roses.

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Rosary

Ro″sa‐ry (?), n.; pl.Rosaries (#). [LL. rosarium a string of beads, L. rosarium a place planted with roses, rosa a rose: cf. F. rosaire. See Rose.] 1. A bed of roses, or place w...

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Roscid

Ros″cid (?), a. [L. roscidus, fr. ros, roris, dew.] Containing, or consisting of, dew; dewy. Bacon.

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Roscoelite

Ros″coe‐lite (?), n. [From an English chemist, H.E. Roscoe + -lite.] (Min.) A green micaceous mineral occurring in minute scales. It is essentially a silicate of aluminia and po...

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Rose

Rose (?), imp. of Rise.

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Rose (2)

Rose, n. [AS. rose, L. rosa, probably akin to Gr. �, Armor. vard, OPer. vareda; and perhaps to E. wort: cf. F. rose, from the Latin. Cf. Copperas, Rhododendron.] 1. A flower and...

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Rose (3)

Rose (?), v. t. 1. To render rose-colored; to redden; to flush. “A maid yet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty.” Shak.2. To perfume, as with roses. Tennyson.

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Rose water

Rose″ wa′ter (?). Water tinctured with roses by distillation.

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Rose-colored

Rose″–col′ored (?), a. 1. Having the color of a pink rose; rose-pink; of a delicate pink color.2. Uncommonly beautiful; hence, extravagantly fine or pleasing; alluring; as, rose...

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Rose-cut

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 Ros...

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Rose-pink

Rose″–pink′ (?), a. 1. Having a pink color like that of the rose, or like the pigment called rose pink. See Rose pink, under Rose.2. Disposed to clothe everything with roseate h...

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Rose-red

Rose″–red′ (?), a. Red as a rose; specifically (Zoöl.), of a pure purplish red color. Chaucer.

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Rose-rial

Rose″–ri′al (?), n. [See Rose, and Royal.] A name of several English gold coins struck in different reigns and having having different values; a rose noble.

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Rose-water

Rose″–wa′ter, a. Having the odor of rose water; hence, affectedly nice or delicate; sentimental. “Rose-water philanthropy.” Carlyle.

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Roseal

Ro″se‐al (?), a. [L. roseus, fr. rosa a rose.] resembling a rose in smell or color. Sir T. Elyot.

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Roseate

Ro″se‐ate (?), a. [Cf. L. roseus, rosatus, prepared from roses. See Roseal, Rose.] 1. Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate bowers.2. resembling a rose in color or fragrance; esp., t...

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Rosebay

Rose″bay′ (?), n.(Bot.) (a) the oleander. (b) Any shrub of the genus Rhododendron. (c) An herb (Epilobium spicatum) with showy purple flowers, common in Europe and North America...

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Rosebud

Rose″bud′ (?), n. The flower of a rose before it opens, or when but partially open.

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Rosebush

Rose″bush′ (?), n. The bush or shrub which bears roses.

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Rosedrop

Rose″drop′, n. 1. A lozenge having a rose flavor.2. A kind of earring. Simmonds.3. (Med.) A ruddy eruption upon the nose caused by drinking ardent spirits; a grog blossom.

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Rosefinch

Rose″finch (?), 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 wi...

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Rosefish

Rose″fish′ (?), 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 had...

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Rosehead

Rose″head′ (?), n. 1. See Rose, n., 4.2. A many-sided pyramidal head upon a nail; also a nail with such a head.

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Roseine

Ro″se‐ine (? or?), n. See Magenta.