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.
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.
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.
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.
