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▪ I. ross, n.2|rɒs|
Also 6 rose, 6–7 rosse, 9 dial. rawse.
[App. of Scand. origin, corresponding to Norw. dial. ros (rus), small rubbish, scrapings.]
†1. Rubbish, refuse, dregs. Obs.
1577Harrison England iii. viii. (1878) ii. 53 The heads of saffron..being scowred from their rose [1587 rosse or filth]..are interred againe. 1587Ibid. ii. xx. (1877) i. 331 Either reserued in the house, or hauing the rosse pulled from their rootes, laid againe in the earth. 1630J. Levett Ordering of Bees (1634) 51 Put the Combes and water together into a Canvas bagge,..and straine as much as you can.., casting away the rosse that remaineth in the bag.
2. The scaly outer portion of the bark of trees. Chiefly U.S.
The Eng. Dial. Dict. (1904) gives rawse or ross as a Sussex word, with the sense ‘the scrapings of oak-bark, lichen, and moss’.
1778J. Carver Trav. N. Amer. 497 The ross or outside bark [of the ash] being near eight inches thick. 1828–32Webster, Ross, the rough scaly matter on the surface of the bark of certain trees. New England. c1840E. J. Lance Cottage Farmer 23 Get then some oak bark, cut off the ross, and chop..the inner rind. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. 1984/2 Rossing-machine, a machine for removing the ross, or rough scaly, exterior portion of bark, from the remainder.
▪ II. ross, n.3 dial.
[a. Welsh rhos.]
A marsh, morass. Cf. rosland.
1839Lewes Gloss. Hereford.
▪ III. ross, v. U.S.
[f. ross n.2 2.]
(See quots.)
1853S. Strickland 27 Yrs. Canada West II. 230 As soon as the tree is felled, a person, called a liner, rosses and lines the tree on each side. 1864Webster, Ross, to divest of the ross, or rough, scaly surface; as, to ross bark. 1878Lumberman's Gaz. Mar. 16 Removing the bark from the top of the log, or ‘rossing’ it, as it is termed by loggers.
Hence ˈrossing vbl. n.
1875Knight Dict. Mech. 1984/1 Rossing-machine. Ibid. 1985/1 Rossing Attachment for Saw-Mill. 1958N.Z. Timber Jrnl. June 59/2 Rossing, removing the bark from logs.
▪ IV. ross
obs. form of rose n. |
