Rouge

rōōzh, n. a powder used to give artificial colour to the cheeks or lips.— v.t. to colour with rouge.— v.i. to use rouge: to blush.— ns. Rouge′-berr′y , a shrub of tropical America, whose berries supply a cosmetic; Rouge′-dish , a saucer containing a thin layer of dry rouge; Rouge-et-noir , a modern game of chance, played by the aid of packs of cards on a table covered with green cloth—also Trente-un and Trente-et-quarante .— Rouge croix , one of the four pursuivants of the English College of Heralds; Rouge dragon , one of the pursuivants of the Heralds' College. [Fr. rouge (It. roggio , robbio )—L. rube us , red.]