Russet

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A moderate to strong brown.
  • n. A coarse reddish-brown to brown homespun cloth.
  • n. A winter apple with a rough reddish-brown skin.
  • n. A russet Burbank.
  • adj. Moderate to strong brown.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A coarse, reddish-brown, homespun fabric.
  • n. Country dress; homespun cloth.
  • n. A reddish-brown color.
  • n. Variety of apple of russet-colored, rough skin.
  • n. Variety of potato with dark gray-brown, rough skin.
  • adj. Having a reddish-brown color.
  • adj. Gray or ash-colored (antiquated usage).
  • adj. Rustic, homespun, coarse, plain.
  • adj. "Condition of leather when it is finished, excepting the operations of coloring and polishing the surface." (From 1880s British/American dictionary.)
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. 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.
  • adj. Coarse; homespun; rustic.
  • n. A russet color; a pigment of a russet color.
  • n. Cloth or clothing of a russet color.
  • n. A country dress; -- so called because often of a russet color.
  • n. An apple, or a pear, of a russet color.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of a reddish-brown color: applied also to some light browns not reddish.
  • Made of russet; hence, coarse; homespun; rustic: a use derived from the general color of homespun cloth.
  • Made of russet leather.
  • n. A reddish-brown color: a broad and vague term, formerly applied to various shades of gray and brown or ash-color, sometimes used restrictively, but in no well-settled sense.
  • n. Coarse cloth, country-made and often homespun, used for the garments of peasantry and even of country people of some means: a term originally derived from the reddish-brown color of much cloth of this quality, and retained when the color was different, as gray or ash-colored.
  • n. plural Clothes of russet; especially, the garb of a shepherd.
  • n. In leather manufacturing, leather finished, but not polished or colored, except as colored by the tanning liquor; russet leather.
  • n. A kind of winter apple having a brownish color, rough skin, and characteristic flavor.
  • To give a russet hue to; change into russet.
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  • adj. of brown with a reddish tinge
  • n. a reddish brown homespun fabric
    • Equivalent
    chromatic   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    homespun   
    Cross Reference
    russet leather    russet gown    Colours   
    Form
    see    apple    above    potato   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    coarse    homespun    rustic   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    tawny    maroon    reddish    blue-black    woolen   
     
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