Rose

[rəʊz] or [roz]

Definition

(noun.) a dusty pink color.

(noun.) any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses.

(adj.) of something having a dusty purplish pink color; 'the roseate glow of dawn' .

Typist: Rosa--From WordNet

Definition

(imp.) of Rise

(-) imp. of Rise.

(n.) A flower and shrub of any species of the genus Rosa, of which there are many species, mostly found in the morthern hemispere

(n.) A knot of ribbon formed like a rose; a rose knot; a rosette, esp. one worn on a shoe.

(n.) A rose window. See Rose window, below.

(n.) A perforated nozzle, as of a pipe, spout, etc., for delivering water in fine jets; a rosehead; also, a strainer at the foot of a pump.

(n.) The erysipelas.

(n.) The card of the mariner's compass; also, a circular card with radiating lines, used in other instruments.

(n.) The color of a rose; rose-red; pink.

(n.) A diamond. See Rose diamond, below.

(v. t.) To render rose-colored; to redden; to flush.

(v. t.) To perfume, as with roses.

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Definition

n. any shrub of the genus Rosa having stems generally prickly flowers terminal often corymbose in colour white yellow pink or red: a flower of one of these shrubs: any one of various plants resembling the true rose: a rosette: a perforated nozzle of a pipe &c.: light crimson the colour of the rose: an ornamental tie: erysipelas: (her.) a conventional representation of the flower.—v.t. to flush.—n. Rose′-acā′cia the moss-locust a tree with deep rose-coloured flowers.—adjs. Rō′seal like a rose in smell or colour; Rō′seāte rosy: full of roses: blooming: red.—ns. Rose′-bee′tle -bug a coleopterous insect about an inch long which is destructive to flowers esp. roses: the rose-chafer; Rose′-berr′y the fruit of the rose: a hip; Rose′-bit a cylindrical bit the oblique surface of which is cut into teeth.—adj. Rose′-breast′ed having rose-colour on the breast.—ns. Rose′-bud the bud of the rose: a young girl; Rose′-burn′er Rosette′-burn′er a gas-burner in which the gas issues from a series of openings arranged radially round a centre; Rose′-bush the shrub which bears roses; Rose′-cam′phor one of the two volatile oils composing attar-of-roses; Rose′-cam′pion a red flower Lychnis coronaria; Rose′-carnā′tion a carnation striped with rose-colour; Rose′-chāf′er an injurious beetle whose grubs destroy the roots of strawberries &c.; Rose′-col′our the colour of a rose pink: fancied beauty or attractiveness.—adj. Rose′-col′oured having the colour of a rose.—n. Rose′-cross a cross within a circle: a Rosicrucian.—adj. Rose′-cut cut with a smooth round surface as a precious stone and not in facets.—p.adj. Rosed (Shak.) crimsoned flushed.—ns. Rose′-dī′amond a diamond nearly hemispherical cut into twenty-four triangular facets; Rose′-drop a rose-flavoured orange: a pimply eruption on the nose caused by tippling; Rose′-en′gine a form of lathe combining the rotary motion of the mandrel with a radial movement of the tool-rest; Rose′-fes′tival a festival celebrated on 8th June at Salency in France; Rose′-fly′catcher an American fly-catching warbler; Rose′-gall a gall produced on roses by an insect; Rose′-gerā′nium a house-plant with rose-scented leaves; Rose′-haw the fruit of the wild-rose: a Rose′-hip.—adj. Rose′-hued rose-coloured.—n. Rose′-knot a rosette of ribbon or other soft material.—adj. Rose′-lipped having red lips.—ns. Rose′-mall′ow a plant of the same genus but larger and having a finer flower than the common mallow the hollyhock; Rose′-mould′ing (archit.) a moulding ornamented with roses; Rose′-nō′ble an ancient English gold coin stamped with the figure of a rose and current at the value of 6s. 8d. (see Noble a coin).—adj. Rose′-pink having a pink or rose colour: sentimental.—n. a crimson-pink colour.—ns. Rose′-quartz a transparent quartz; Rose′-rash (see Roseola).—adjs. Rose′-red red as a rose; Rose′-ringed with a collar of red feathers as a parrot.—ns. Rose′-root a succulent herb having a rose-scented root; Rō′sery a place where roses are cultivated; Rose′-saw′fly a sawfly which attacks the rose; Rose′-tan′ager the summer red-bird; Rose′-tō′paz an artificial colour of the true topaz produced by heat; Rose′-tree a standard rose; Rose′-vin′egar an infusion made by steeping roses in vinegar; Rose′-wa′ter water distilled from rose-leaves.—adj. sentimental as 'rose-water philosophy.'—ns. Rose′-win′dow a circular window with its compartments branching from a centre like a rose; Rose′wood the wood of a Brazilian tree having a fragrance like that of roses; Rose′wood-oil oil obtained from rosewood; Rose′-worm the larva of a moth which feeds on the leaves of the rose &c.; Rose′-yard a rose-garden.—adj. Rō′sied decorated with roses or the colour of roses.—n. Rō′sier (Spens.) a rose tree or bush.—adv. Rō′sily.—n. Rō′siness.—adjs. Rō′sy like a rose: red: blooming: blushing: charming; Rō′sy-bos′omed -col′oured; Rō′sy-bright bright like a rose: blooming.—n. Rō′sy-drop,acne rosacea: a grog-blossom.—adjs. Rō′sy-fing′ered Homer's favourite epithet of the dawn: with rosy fingers; Rō′sy-kin′dled blushing with a rosy colour; Rō′sy-mar′bled marbled with rosy colour.—ns. Rō′sy-marsh -rus′tic -wave names of moths.—adj. Rō′sy-tint′ed tinted of a rose-colour.—Under the rose (L. sub ros) under the pledge of secrecy the rose being among the ancients the symbol of secrecy; Wars of the Roses a disastrous dynastic struggle between the Houses of Lancaster and York which desolated England during the 15th century from the first battle of St Albans (1455) to that of Bosworth (1485)."

Typist: Shelley