Category:Russet

Rus"set, a. Etym: [f. rousset, dim. of roux red, l. russus (for Rudtus, rudhtus), akin to e. red. See red, and cf. Roussette.]

1. 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. Coarse; homespun; rustic. [r.] Shak.

Russet Rus"set, n.

1. A russet color; a pigment of a russet color.

2. Cloth or clothing of a russet color.

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

4. An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the english russet, And the roxbury russet.