Webster's Dictionary 1913

4699

Rosiny

Ros″in‐y (?), a. like rosin, or having its qualities.

4700

Rosland

Ros″land (?), n. [W. rhos a meadow, a moor + E. land.] heathy land; land full of heather; moorish or watery land.

4701

Rosmarine

Ros″ma‐rine′ (?), n. [OE. See Rosemary.] 1. Dew from the sea; sea dew.That purer brineAnd wholesome dew called rosmarine. B. Jonson.2. Rosemary. Spenser. “Biting on anise seed a...

4702

Rosmarine (2)

Ros″ma‐rine, 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 ...

4703

Rosolic

Ro‐sol″ic (?), a. [Rose + carbolic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex red dyestuff (called rosolic acid) which is analogous to rosaniline and aurin. It is produc...

4704

Ross

Ross (?); 115), n. The rough, scaly matter on the surface of the bark of trees.

4705

Ross (2)

Ross, v. t. To divest of the ross, or rough, scaly surface; as, to ross bark.

4706

Rossel

Ros″sel (?), n. Light land; rosland. Mortimer.

4707

Rossel current

Ros″sel cur′rent (?). [From Rossel Island, in the Louisiade Archipelago.] (Oceanography) A portion of the southern equatorial current flowing westward from the Fiji Islands to N...

4708

Rossel current (2)

Ros″sel cur′rent (?). [From Rossel Island, in the Louisiade Archipelago.] (Oceanography) A portion of the southern equatorial current flowing westward from the Fiji Islands to N...

4709

Rosselly

Ros″sel‐ly (?), a. Loose; light. Mortimer.

4710

Rost

Rost (?), n. See Roust. Jamieson.

4711

Rostel

Ros″tel (?), n. [L. rostellum, dim. of rostrum a beak: cf. F. rostelle.] same as Rostellum.

4712

Rostellar

Ros‐tel″lar (?), a. Pertaining to a rostellum.

4713

Rostellate

Ros″tel‐late (?), a. [NL. rostellatus.] Having a rostellum, or small beak; terminating in a beak.

4714

Rostelliform

Ros‐tel″li‐form (?), a. Having the form of a rostellum, or small beak.

4715

Rostellum

‖Ros‐tel″lum (?), n.; pl.Rostella (#). [L. See Rostel.] A small beaklike process or extension of some part; a small rostrum; as, the rostellum of the stigma of violets, or of th...

4716

Roster

Ros″ter (?), 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 ...

4717

Rostra

Ros″tra (?), n. pl. See Rostrum, 2.

4718

Rostral

Ros″tral (?), 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 r...

4719

Rostrate

{ Ros″trate (?), Ros″tra‐ted (?) }, a. [L. rostratus, fr. rostrum a beak. See Rostrum.] 1. Having a process resembling the beak of a bird; beaked; rostellate.2. Furnished or ado...

4720

Rostrifera

‖Ros‐trif″e‐ra (?), 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 re...

4721

Rostriform

Ros″tri‐form (?), a. [L. rostrum a beak + -form: cf. F. rostrifarme.] Having the form of a beak.

4722

Rostrulum

‖Ros″tru‐lum (–trụ‐lŭm), n.; pl.Rostrula (#). [NL., dim. of L. rostrum a beak.] A little rostrum, or beak, as of an insect.

4723

Rostrum

Ros″trum (–trŭm), n.; pl. L. Rostra (#), E. Rostrums (#). [L., beak, ship's beak, fr. rodere, rosum, to gnaw. See Rodent.] 1. The beak or head of a ship.2. pl. (Rostra) (Rom. An...

4724

Rosulate

Ro″su‐late (?), a. [NL. rosulatus, fr. L. rosa a rose.] (Bot.) Arranged in little roselike clusters; — said of leaves and bracts.

4725

Rosy

Ros″y (?), a. [Compar.Rosier (?); superl.Rosiest.] Resembling a rose in color, form, or qualities; blooming; red; blushing; also, adorned with roses.A smile that glowedCelestial...