Found 2 items, similar to Russet.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: russet
russet
adj : brown with a reddish tinge
n : a reddish brown homespun fabric
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Russet
Russet
\Rus"set\, n.
1. A russet color; a pigment of a russet color.
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2. Cloth or clothing of a russet color.
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3. A country dress; -- so called because often of a russet
color. --Dryden.
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4. An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the
English russet
, and the
Roxbury russet.
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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.
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The morn, in russet mantle clad. --Shak.
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Our summer such a russet livery wears. --Dryden.
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2. Coarse; homespun; rustic. [R.] --Shak.
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