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russet |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Russet \Rus"set\, n. 1. A russet color; a pigment of a russet color. 2. Cloth or clothing of a russet color. 3. A country dress; -- so called because often of a russet color. --Dryden. 4. An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as the {English russet}, and the {Roxbury russet}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Russet \Rus"set\, a. [F. rousset, dim. of roux red, L. russus (for rudtus rudhtus), akin to E. red. See {Red}, and cf {Roussette}.] 1. Of a reddish brown color, or (by some called) a red gray; of the color composed of blue, red, and yellow in equal strength, but unequal proportions, namely, two parts of red to one each of blue and yellow; also of a yellowish brown color. The morn, in russet mantle clad. --Shak. Our summer such a russet livery wears. --Dryden. 2. Coarse; homespun; rustic. [R.] --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: russet adj : brown with a reddish tinge n : a reddish brown homespun fabric
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