rosettawood

A name given to a good-sized East Indian wood, imported in logs, nine to fourteen feet in diameter; it is handsomely veined. The general color is a lively red-orange. The wood is close, hard, and very beautiful when first cut, but soon gets darker. rō-şětte, s. [French, dim in. from rose = a rose (q. v.).) I. Ord. Lang.: Something more or le resembling, or designed to resemble, a rose, and used as an ornament or badge; as, a bunch of ribbons plaited, or of leather cut to the form of a rose. II. Technically : 1. Arch .: An ornament in the form of a rose, much used in the decoration of ceilings, cornices, . 2. Art : Roset (q. v.). 3. Gas : A form of gas-burner in which the gas i ues at a circular series of holes resembling a rosette. 3496 4. Metall .: A disc of red copper from the refining hearth or crucible. As the impurities are removed in the shape of scoriæ or slag, and the metal exposed, the surface of the metal is congealed by throwing on water. This is called quenching. The hardened crust is of a red color, and is called a rosette, The operation being repeated, the metal is obtained in a form for ready handling and further treatment, instead of being in a solid ma . It is also known as rose-copper. 5. Mill .: A circular arrangement of sails in a windmill; the vanes attached to radial arms. rō-şē'-tům, subst. [Lat., from rosa =a rose.] A garden devoted to the cultivation of roses; a nursery for roses. rõşe-wood, s. [Eng. rose, and wood.] Bot. & Comm.: The name given to wood which is either of a rose-color or, when cut, yields a perfume like roses. The best comes from South American Dalbergias. (Treas. of Bot.) Lindley says that the fragrant rosewood, or Bois de Palixandre of the cabinet-makers, is from two or three species of Brazilian Trip to lemeæ. Physocalymma floribunda also yields a beautiful rose-colored wood. Brazil ian rosewood is imported in large slabs. Its colors are from light hazel to deep purple, or nearly black. It is very heavy, and is used for cabinet work, especially as veneers. Other kinds of rosewoods are from Genista canariensis , Convolvulus florid us , C. scoparia, . rosewood-oil, s. Chem.: A pale yellow, somewhat viscid, volatile oil, obtained from rosewood (q. v.) by distillation with water; specific gravity, 09064 at 15.5°. It is sometimes used to adulterate rose oil, which thereby loses its buttery consistence. rõşe-wort, s. [Eng. rose, and wort.] Botany: 1. Rhodeola rose a . 2. ( Pl . ): The Rosace. ( Lindley .) Rōş-i-crû-cian, a . & s. [From a Latinized form Rosenkreuz. See def.] A. As adj.: Of or belonging to Rosenkreuz or the society which he is said to have founded. B. As subst. ( pl . ): A mystic secret society which became known to the public early in the seventeenth century, and was alleged to have been founded by a German noble called Christian Rosenkreuz, A. D. 1388. He was said to have died at the age of 106. The society consisted of adepts, who perpetuated it by initiating other adepts. It did not interfere with religion or politics, but sought after true philosophy. The Rosicrucians pretended to be able to transmute metals, to prolong life, and to know what was pa ing in distant places. Many contradictory hypotheses have been brought forward regarding the Rosicrucians, and as it is admitted that their secret was never revealed, it is open to doubt if there was one to reveal. They are said to have died out in the eighteenth century. The writer of the article "Rosicrucians" in the Encyclopædia Britannica (ed. 9th) believes that the Rosicrucian Society never existed, and that the persons making it known did so simply for a jest. As, however, the public believed in its existence, individuals from time to time declared that they belonged to it. Called also Brothers of the Rosy Cro . Rōş-i-crû-cian-ism, subst . [Eng. Rosicrucian ; -ism. The arts, practices, or teaching of the Rosi crucians. IMG:content-0752.png:[blocks in formation] rosmarinus viola, and violoncello bows to give them the nece ary bite upon the strings. Rosin for the double ba is made of equal proportions of ordinary rosin and white pitch. " Rosin , if it be found in the firre, is thought a fault in the wood, whereas the only commoditie of the pitch tree is her rosin ."-P. Holland : Pliny , bk. xvi., ch. x. rosin-oil, s . An oil obtained from the resin of the pine tree. Used by painters, also for lubricating machinery, . ( Simmonds .) IMG:content-0753.png:[blocks in formation] with rosin. "Wine ve els are not to be rosined, calked, and trimmed."- P . Holland : Pliny , bk. xviii., ch. xxx i. Ros-in-ăn-tē, s. [Sp. the steed of Don Quixote.] Any sorry horse.