RUSSET

a. n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

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.
a.

Coarse; homespun; rustic. [R.] Shak.

3.
n.

A russet color; a pigment of a russet color.

4.
n.

Cloth or clothing of a russet color.

5.
n.

A country dress; -- so called because often of a russet color. Dryden.

6.
n.

An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the English russet, and the Roxbury russet.


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