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A dressing gown, or morning gown.

the yarn or thread of any stuff of which the strands of a rope are made.

Having the color of a pink rose; rose-pink; of a delicate pink color.

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.

Disposed to clothe everything with roseate hues; hence, sentimental. "Rose-pink piety." C. Kingsley.

Red as a rose; specifically (Zoöl.), of a pure purplish red color. Chaucer.

A name of several English gold coins struck in different reigns and having having different values; a rose noble.

Having the odor of rose water; hence, affectedly nice or delicate; sentimental. "Rose-water philantropy." Carlyle.

A stickler for rules; a slave of rules [R.] Hare.

Having the outline of the upper part concave like the seat of a saddle.

Shaped like a saddle. Specifically:

To conduct safely; to give safe-conduct to. [POetic] He him by all the bonds of love besought To safe-conduct his love. Spenser.

The act of keeping or preserving in safety from injury or from escape; care; custody.

A surety for the appearance of a person at a given time. Bracton.

See Sanctus bell, under Sanctus.

Jack-by-the-hedge. See under Jack.

Anything which saves fragments, or prevents waste or loss. Specifically:

Having the wings covered with small scalelike structures, as the lepidoptera; scaly-winged.

the wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into the teeth of which the pallets play.

Having eyes which are not elevated on a stalk; -- opposed to stalk-eyed. Sessile-eyed Crustacea, the Arthrostraca.