made by dyeing chalk or whiting with a decoction of Brazil wood and alum; also, the color of the pigment.
— Rose quartz (Min.), a variety of quartz which is rose- red. — Rose rash. (Med.) Same as Roseola.
— Rose slug (Zoöl.), the small green larva of a black sawfly These larvæ feed in groups on the parenchyma
of the leaves of rosebushes, and are often abundant and very destructive. — Rose window (Arch.),
a circular window filled with ornamental tracery. Called also Catherine wheel, and marigold window.
Cf. wheel window, under Wheel. — Summer rose (Med.), a variety of roseola. See Roseola. —
Under the rose [a translation of L. sub rosa], in secret; privately; in a manner that forbids disclosure; —
the rose being among the ancients the symbol of secrecy, and hung up at entertainments as a token
that nothing there said was to be divulged. — Wars of the Roses (Eng. Hist.), feuds between the
Houses of York and Lancaster, the white rose being the badge of the House of York, and the red rose
of the House of Lancaster.
Rose
(Rose) v. t.
1. To render rose-colored; to redden; to flush. [Poetic] "A maid yet rosed over with the virgin crimson of
modesty." Shak.
2. To perfume, as with roses. [Poetic] Tennyson.
Roseal
(Ro"se*al) a. [L. roseus, fr. rosa a rose.] resembling a rose in smell or color. [Obs.] Sir T.
Elyot.
Roseate
(Ro"se*ate) a. [Cf. L. roseus, rosatus, prepared from roses. See Roseal, Rose.]
1. Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate bowers.
2. resembling a rose in color or fragrance; esp., tinged with rose color; blooming; as, roseate beauty; her
roseate lips.
Roseate tern (Zoöl.), an American and European tern (Sterna Dougalli) whose breast is roseate in the
breeding season.
Rosebay
(Rose"bay`) n. (Bot.) (a) the oleander. [Obs.] (b) Any shrub of the genus Rhododendron.
[U.S.] (c) An herb (Epilobium spicatum) with showy purple flowers, common in Europe and North America; —
called also great willow herb.
Rosebud
(Rose"bud`) n. The flower of a rose before it opens, or when but partially open.
Rosebush
(Rose"bush`) n. The bush or shrub which bears roses.
Rose-colored
(Rose"-col`ored) a.
1. Having the color of a pink rose; rose-pink; of a delicate pink color.
2. Uncommonly beautiful; hence, extravagantly fine or pleasing; alluring; as, rose-colored anticipations.
Rose-cut
(Rose"-cut`) a. 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.
Rosedrop
(Rose"drop`), n.
1. A lozenge having a rose flavor.
2. A kind of earring. Simmonds.
