Category:Rosmarine

Ros"ma*rine`, n. Etym: [oe. See rosemary.]

1. Dew from the sea; sea dew. [obs.] That purer brine and wholesome dew called rosmarine. B. Jonson.

2. Rosemary. [obs.] Spenser. "biting on anise seed and rosmarine." Bp. Hall.

Rosmarine Ros"ma*rine, n. Etym: [norw. rosmar a walrus; ros a horse (akin to e. Horse) + (probably) mar the sea.]

Defn: a fabulous sea animal which was reported to climb by means of Its teeth to the tops of rocks to feed upon the dew. And greedly rosmarines with visages deforme. Spenser.