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Fuel. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.

essing necessity; exigency. To whom she might her doubts propose, On all emergencies that rose. Swift. A safe counselor in most difficult emergencies. Brougham.

ol. J. Whitworth. -- Engine turning (Fine Arts), a method of ornamentation by means of a rose engine.

To designate as by an ensign. [Obs.] Henry but joined the roses that ensigned Particular families. B. Jonson.

ense: To lead astray; to induce to evil; to tempt; as, the sirens enticed them to listen. Roses blushing as they blow, And enticing men to pull. Beau. & Fl. My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. Prov. i. 10. Go, and thine erring brother gain, Entice him home to be forgiven. Keble.

sh red dyestuff obtained by the action of bromine on fluoresceïn, and named from the fine rose-red which it imparts to silk. It is also used for making a fine red ink. Its solution is fluorescent.

A hydrous phosphate of alumina and manganese. It is generally of a rose-pink color, -- whence the name.

An effusion of wit; a bright thought tersely and sharply expressed, whether in verse or prose.

One who writes in an affectedly pointed style. Epigrammatizers of our English prose style. Coleridge.

Pertaining to, or abounding with, epithets. "In epithetic measured prose." Lloyd.

mineral gadolinite from Ytterby in Sweden. Symbol Er. Atomic weight 165.9. Its salts are rose-colored and give characteristic spectra. Its sesquioxide is called erbia.

A disease of the skin, in which a diffused inflammation forms rose-colored patches of variable size.

A rose-red mineral, crystallized and earthy, a hydrous arseniate of cobalt, known also as cobalt bloom; -- called also erythrin or erythrine.

the west coast of North America, some species of which produce beautiful yellow, orange, rose-colored, or white flowers; the California poppy.

a forfeited recognizance from among the other records of the court, for the purpose of a prosecution in another court, or it may be in the same court. Burrill.

of the day, or of the sum. In the ascending scale Of heaven, the stars that usher evening rose. Milton.

earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia. Less fragrant scents the unfolding rose exhales. Pope.

looked or waited for with interest; the object of expectation or hope. The expectancy and rose of the fair state. Shak. Estate in expectancy (Law), one the possession of which a person is entitled to have at some future time, either as a remainder or reversion, or on the death of some one. Burrill.

Framework; structure; edifice; building. Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation. Milton.

iting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance. The faint prosecution of the war. Sir J. Davies.