russet
russet is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Coarse; homespun; rustic. [R.] Shak.
- 2.A russet color; a pigment of a russet color.
- 3.Cloth or clothing of a russet color.
- 4.A country dress; -- so called because often of a russet color. Dryden.
- 5.An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the English russet, and the Roxbury russet.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- ash-colored
- ashen
- ashy
- auburn
- bay
- berry
- bister
- black
- bronze
- brown
- brunette
- calcareous
- chestnut
- chiaroscuro
- chocolate
- cinereous
- cineritious
- cinnamon
- cool
- dapple
- dingy
- drab
- dun
- embrown
- favillous
- fawn-colored
- foxy
- fuscous
- gray
- grey
- grisaille
- grizzled
- grizzly
- iron-gray
- khaki
- leaden
- leaves
- limy
- liver-colored
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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