Rose

Rose, rōz, 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 rosâ), 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). [A.S. róse—L. rosa, Gr. rhodon.]