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Rose-window in North Transept of Abbey Church of Saint Denis, 
France. 
Paris, Chartres, Rheims, Amiens, etc. Also called catha- 
rine-wheel and, rarely, marigold-window. 
Nothing can exceed the majesty of its deeply-recessed 
triple portals, the beauty of the rose-unndow that sur- 
mounts them, or the elegance of the gallery that com- 
pletes the facade. J. Fergusson, Hist. Arch., I. 541. 
rosewood (roz'wud),. 1. The wood of various 
Brazilian trees, especially of Dalbergia nigra. 
It is a fine hard cabinet-wood of a chestnut color streaked 
with black, or varying in the different sorts, and used 
chiefly in veneers. The name is due to the faint rose- 
scent of some kinds when freshly cut. Other species of 
Dalbergia. species of Jacaranda, and perhaps of Machie- 
rium, produce the rosewood of commerce. The woods 
known as kingwood and violet-wood may be considered as 
varieties. See palisander, the several generic names, and 
the phrases below. 
2. A wood, lignum rhodium, the source of oil 
of rhodium, or rosewood-oil ; Canary rosewood. 
It is obtained in pieces a few inches thick from the root 
and stem of Convolvulus scoparius and C. floridus, small 
trees of the Canaries. See rosewood-oil. 
3. Any of the trees producing rosewood Afri- 
can rosewood, the molompi, Pterocarpus erinaceus. 
Australian rosewood, a moderate-sized tree, Synoitm 
glandulosum of the Meliacese. Burmese rosewood. See 
Pterocarpus. Canary rosewood. See def. 2. Do- 
minica rosewood, Cordia Gerascanthus, a boragina- 
ceous tree of the West Indies. East Indian rosewood. 
See blackieood, 1, and Dalbergia. Jamaica rosewood, 
Linociera litrustrina and Ainyris balsamifcra, West In- 
dian trees not botanically related the latter also called 
candlewood and rhodes-wood. Moulrnein rosewood, a 
Burmese species of MUlettia. 
rosewood-oil (roz'wud-oil), n. A pale-yellow, 
viscid, volatile oil, having an odor resembling 
that of sandalwood or rosewood, and obtained 
by distillation with water from a kind of rose- 
wood. (See rosewood, 2. ) It has been used in per- 
fumery, liniments, etc., but is now wholly or mostly re- 
placed by artificial compounds. 
rose-worm (roz'werm), w. The larva of a com- 
mon tortricid moth, Cactecia rosaceana, which 
folds the leaves of the rose and skeletonizes 
them. It feeds also on many other plants, as the apple, 
peach, plum, birch, clover, strawberry, and cotton. 
rosewort (roz'wert), n. 1. A plant of the or- 
der Rosaceee. Lindley. 2. Same as roseroot, 1. 
rose-yard (roz'yard), . [< ME. rosegerde; < 
rose' + yard?.] A rose-garden. 
rosialt, a. See roseal. 
rosicler (ro-si-kler'),. [Sp.] The Spanish term 
for the ores of silver embraced under the gen- 
eral English name ruby silver. It includes the light- 
red silver ore proustite (rosicler claro) and the dark-red 
silver ore pyrargyrite (rosicler oscuro): besides these, the 
mineral stephanite is sometimes called rosteler negro. 
Rosicrucian (ro-zi-kro'shi-an), . and a. [Said 
to be a Latinized form of Rosenkreu:, 'rose- 
cross,' the mythical name of the mythical 
founder of the sect, identified with L. rosa, a 
rose, + crux (cruc-), a cross, whence F. rose- 
croix, a Rosicrucian, E. rose-cross, the Rosi- 
crucian symbol : see rose 1 and cross 1 . Others 
alter the name to Roscicrucian. or Borirrn- 
cian, in order to derive it < L. roscidiut, dewy 
(see roscid), or ros (ror-), dew (see rare 3 ), + 
crux (cruc-), cross, the emblem of light.] I. w. 
A member of a supposed secret society, said 
to have originated in the fifteenth century, 
which combined pretensions to the possession 
of occult wisdom and gifts with so-called mys- 
teries of physic, astronomy, alchemy, etc. The 
book describing the Rosicrucian's ("Faraa F'raternitatis." 
published in 1614) is generally regarded as merely an 
elaborate satire on the charlatanry and credulity of the 
times. Books of Rosicrucian pretensions were formerly 
numerous in England as well as in Germany, and several 
have lately reappeared in the United States. The sect were 
also styled Brethren or Kniijhts nf the Rosy-crow, Knity-cros* 
Philoxophertt, etc. 
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II. a. Pertaining to the Rosicrucians or their 
arts. 
Rosicrucianism (ro-zi-kro'shi-an-izm), n. [< 
Rosicrucian + -ism.] The doctrines, arts, or 
practices of the Rosicrucians. 
rosicrux (ro'zi-kruks), n. ; pi. rosicruces (ro-zi- 
kro'sez). Same as rose-cross, 2. 
rosied (ro'zid), a. [< rosy + -ed?.] Adorned 
with roses or rose-color; made rosy, 
rosiert, n. See roser. 
rosiere (ro-ziar'), u. [P., the young girl who 
wins the rose, emblem of virtue, < L. rosaria, 
fern, of rosarius, of roses: see rosary.] See 
rose-festival. 
rosily (ro'zi-li), adv. With a rosy color or ef- 
fect. 
The white Olympus-peaks 
/,"./,'./ brighten, and the soothed gods smile. 
M. Arnold, Empedocles on Etna, ii. 
rosin (roz'in), ii. [Formerly also rosin ; a var. 
of resin : see resin.] 1. SameasresiH. Specifi- 
cally 2. Resin as employed in a solid state 
for ordinary purposes. It is obtained from turpen- 
tine by distillation. In this process the oil of the turpen- 
tine comes over, and the rosin remains behind. Rosin 
varies in color from dark brown or black to white, ac- 
cording to its purity and the degree of heat used in its 
preparation. Chemically it is the anhydrid of abietic 
acid. It has the physical and chemical properties com- 
mon to all resins. It is used in common varnishes, is com- 
bined with tallow to make common candles, is used by 
founders to give tenacity to their cores, by tinmen and 
plumbers as a flux for their solder, for rubbing on violin- 
bows, and for many other purposes. Also called colophony. 
Suddainly Auernus Gulf did swim 
With Rorin, Pitch, and Brimstone to the brim. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Furies. 
rosin (roz'in), r. t. [< rosin, n.] To cover or 
rub with rosin. 
Black Caesar had that afternoon rosined his bow, and 
tuned his fiddle, and practised jigs and Virginia reels. 
H. B. Stowe, Oldtown, p. 349. 
rosined (roz'ind), a. [<rosin + -ed?.] Treated 
with rosin. 
rosiness (ro'zi-nes), n. [< rosy + -ness.] The 
quality of being rosy, or of resembling the rose 
in color. 
The rosiness of glowing embers tinted the walls of Jou- 
aneaux's house. 
M. H. Catherwood, Romance of Dollard, xvii. 
rosing (ro'zing), H. [Verbal n. of rose 1 , v.] 
The operation of imparting a pink tint to raw 
white silk. 
rosin-oil (roz'in-oil), n. An oil manufactured 
from pine-resin, used for lubricating machin- 
ery, etc., and in France for printers' ink. See 
London oil, under oil. 
rosin-plant (roz'in-plant), . Same as rosin- 
weed. 
rosin-soap (roz'in-sop), n. A soap made of 
rosin and an alkali, as soda or potash, or by 
boiling with an alkaline carbonate and evapo- 
rating to dryness. It is worthless except when mixed 
with tallow soap, or palm-oil soap, or with both, as in the 
common yellow soap of commerce. See soap. 
rosin-tin (roz'in-tin), H. A pale-colored native 
oxid of tin with a resinous luster. 
rosin- weed (roz'in-wed ) , n. Any plant of the ge- 
nus Kilphium; 
especially, 8. 
laciniatum. See 
compass-plant, 
1, and prairie 
burdock (under 
burdock). 
rosiny (roz ' - 
in-i), a. [< ros- 
in + -yi.] Re- 
sembling ros- 
in; abounding 
with rosin. 
rosland (ros '- 
land),. [Prop. 
'rossland, < 
ross 2 + land 1 .] 
Moorish or 
watery land ; 
heathy land. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
rosmart (ros'- 
miir), . [< 
Dan. rosmar, a walrus, < Norw. rossmuar, ross- 
maal, rossmal, < Icel. rosmhvalr, a walrus, < 
rnsni, of unknown meaning (appar. connected 
with i-nxliitii/r, ii walrus). + liralr = E. icliali : 
see wliale. Cf. horse-whale, icalriin, and rorqual.] 
The morse or walrus. See cuts under ros- 
iimriiie 2 and walrus. 
Rosmaridse (ros-mar'i-de), . pi. [NL., < ROH- 
miinis + -idle.] A family of Pinnipedia, named 
rosolio 
from the genus Rosmar us: now usually called 
Trichechidee and sometimes Odobxnidfe. 
rosmarine 1 t (roz'ma-ren or -rin), . [< L. ran 
iiiariiiii.t, -sea-dew,' rosemary: see rosemary.] 
1. Sea-dew. 
You shall . . . steep 
Your bodies in that purer brine 
And wholesome dew called ros-tnarine. 
B. Jonson, Masque of Blackness. 
2. Rosemary. 
Cold Lettuce, and refreshing Rosmarine. 
Spenser, Muiopotmos, 1. 200. 
rosmarine 2 (roz'ma-ren or -rin), n. and a. [Ap- 
par. an altered form of Dan. rosmar, a walrus 
( see rosmar), simulating rosmarine^, whence the 
fable of its feeding on dew.] I. n. The wal- 
rus : formerly imagined as a sea-monster which 
climbed cliffs to feed on dew. Some of the early 
representations of this animal are extremely curious (as 
Rosin-weed (Silphium laciniatum}. 
i, the upper part of the stem with the head ; 
-, a leaf; a, one of the involucral scales. 
Rosmarine (Vacca ntarinn of Gesner, 1560). 
that from Gesner here reproduced), and to them is prob- 
ably traceable the heraldic creation known as the marine 
wo^f (which see, under marine). Gesner's figure is clearly 
the walrus, though the tusks point upward from the lower 
jaw, instead of downward from the upper jaw, and though 
it is provided with bind feet besides a tail, instead of hind 
limbs forming a tail. Many zoological illustrations of the 
sixteenth century are not more accurate. Compare the cut 
under walrux. 
Greedy Rosmarincs with visages deforme. 
Spenser, F. Q., II. xii. 24. 
II. a. Pertaining or relating to the walruses. 
Rosmarinus (ros-ma-rl'nus), H. [< L. ros mart- 
tins, sea-dew : see rosemary.] A genus of gamo- 
petalous plants, of the order Labiate! and tribe 
Monardese. It is characterized by an ovoid and slightly 
two-lipped calyx, beardless within ; by an exserted corolla- 
tube enlarged in the throat, the limb two-lipped, the large 
middle lobe of the lower lip declined and concave ; and 
by having two stamens, each with a single anther-cell, the 
connective being continuous with the filament and the 
other cell represented by a slender reflexed tooth. The 
only species, R. oficinalis, the rosemary (which see), is 
native through the Mediterranean region, and cultivated 
elsewhere, but is not hardy in America north of Virginia. 
It is a low-branched evergreen aromatic shrub, 4 or 5 feet 
high, bearing linear entire opposite leaves which are ses- 
sile, thickish, about one inch long, smooth and green 
above, with revolnte margins, and white with stellate hairs 
beneath. The pale-blue flowers are produced throughout 
the year ; they are nearly sessile among the upper leaves, 
and form loosely few-flowered and axillary bracted verti- 
cillasters clustered in a few short racemes. 
rosmaroid (ros'ma-roid), a. Belonging to the 
Rosmaroidea. 
Rosmaroidea (ros-ma-voi'de-8), ii.pl. [NL.,< 
Rosmar us + -video-.] A siiperfamily of Pin- 
nipedia, represented by the Rosmaridx alone, 
having the lower canines atrophied and the 
upper ones enormously developed as tusks 
protruding far from the mouth. Also called 
Trichecho/dea. 
Rqsmarus (ros'ma-rus), n. [NL. (Scopoli, 
1777, after Klein, 1751), < Dan. rosmar, a wal- 
rus: see rosmar, rosmarine 2 .] The typical ge- 
nus of Rosmaridx; the walruses: also called 
Tricliechiis and Odobeemts. 
Rosminian (ros-min'i-an), n. [< Rosmini (see 
def.) + -.] A member of a Roman Catholic 
congregation, entitled the Fathers of the Insti- 
tute of Charity, founded by the Italian philoso- 
pher Antonio Rosmini Serbati in 1828, for the 
purpose of pursuing charitable work. 
Rosminianism (ros-min'i-an-izm), . [< BO- 
uiiiiiiin + -/(.] The philosophical system of 
Antonio Rosmini Serbati. Its fundamental 
proposition is that every idea involves the idea 
of being. 
rosolic (ro-zol'ik), . [< rose + -ol + -ic.] Re- 
lated to rosaniline Rosolic acid, an acid closely re- 
lated to rosaniline, and differing from it in that the amide 
groups of the latter are replaced by hydroxyl groups in ro- 
solic acid, with elimination of one molecule of water. 
rosolio (ro-zo'lio), . [Also roxoylio (and ro- 
noli, rototu. < F.) ; < It. rosolio = Sp. rosoli = Pg. 
roasoli F. rossolis, rosolio, appar., like rosso- 
lis, sundew, a plant, < L. cox soils, sundew (cos, 
