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- English Word Rosaries Definition of Rosary
- English Word Rosary Definition A bed of roses, or place where roses grow.
- English Word Rosary Definition A series of prayers (see Note below) arranged to be recited in order, on beads; also, a string of beads by which the prayers are counted.
- English Word Rosary Definition A chapelet; a garland; a series or collection, as of beautiful thoughts or of literary selections.
- English Word Rosary Definition A coin bearing the figure of a rose, fraudulently circulated in Ireland in the 13th century for a penny.
- English Word Roscid Definition Containing, or consisting of, dew; dewy.
- English Word Roscoelite Definition A green micaceous mineral occurring in minute scales. It is essentially a silicate of aluminia and potash containing vanadium.
- English Word Rose Definition imp. of Rise.
- English Word Rose Definition A flower and shrub of any species of the genus Rosa, of which there are many species, mostly found in the morthern hemispere
- English Word Rose Definition A knot of ribbon formed like a rose; a rose knot; a rosette, esp. one worn on a shoe.
- English Word Rose Definition A rose window. See Rose window, below.
- English Word Rose Definition 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.
- English Word Rose Definition The erysipelas.
- English Word Rose Definition The card of the mariner's compass; also, a circular card with radiating lines, used in other instruments.
- English Word Rose Definition The color of a rose; rose-red; pink.
- English Word Rose Definition A diamond. See Rose diamond, below.
- English Word Rose Definition To render rose-colored; to redden; to flush.
- English Word Rose Definition To perfume, as with roses.
- English Word Rose Definition of Rise
- English Word Rose water Definition Water tinctured with roses by distillation.
- English Word Rose-colored Definition Having the color of a pink rose; rose-pink; of a delicate pink color.
- English Word Rose-colored Definition Uncommonly beautiful; hence, extravagantly fine or pleasing; alluring; as, rose-colored anticipations.
- English Word Rose-cut Definition Cut flat on the reverse, and with a convex face formed of triangular facets in rows; -- said of diamonds and other precious stones. See Rose diamond, under Rose. Cf. Brilliant, n.
- English Word Rose-pink Definition Having a pink color like that of the rose, or like the pigment called rose pink. See Rose pink, under Rose.
- English Word Rose-pink Definition Disposed to clothe everything with roseate hues; hence, sentimental.
- English Word Rose-red Definition Red as a rose; specifically (Zool.), of a pure purplish red color.
- English Word Rose-rial Definition A name of several English gold coins struck in different reigns and having having different values; a rose noble.
- English Word Rose-water Definition Having the odor of rose water; hence, affectedly nice or delicate; sentimental.
- English Word Roseal Definition resembling a rose in smell or color.
- English Word Roseate Definition Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate bowers.