1. 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.
The morn, in russet mantle clad.
Shak.
Our summer such a russet livery wears.
Dryden. 2. Coarse; homespun; rustic. [R.] Shak.
Russet
(Rus"set), n.
1. A russet color; a pigment of a russet color.
2. Cloth or clothing of a russet color.
3. A country dress; — so called because often of a russet color. Dryden.
4. An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the English russet, and the Roxbury russet.
Russeting
(Rus"set*ing), n. See Russet, n., 2 and 4.
Russety
(Rus"set*y) a. Of a russet color; russet.
Russia
(Rus"sia) n. A country of Europe and Asia.
Russia iron, a kind of sheet iron made in Russia, having a lustrous blue-black surface. — Russia
leather, a soft kind of leather, made originally in Russia but now elsewhere, having a peculiar odor from
being impregnated with an oil obtained from birch bark. It is much used in bookbinding, on account of
its not being subject to mold, and being proof against insects. — Russia matting, matting manufactured
in Russia from the inner bark of the linden
Russian
(Rus"sian) a. Of or pertaining to Russia, its inhabitants, or language. — n. A native or inhabitant
of Russia; the language of Russia.
Russian bath. See under Bath.
Russianize
(Rus"sian*ize) v. t. To make Russian, or more or less like the Russians; as, to Russianize
the Poles.
Russification
(Rus"si*fi*ca"tion) n. [Russia + L. -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.] The act or process
of Russifying, or the state of being Russified.
Russify
(Rus"si*fy) v. t. [Cf. F. russifier. See -fy.] To Russianize; as, to Russify conquered tribes.
Russophile
(Rus"so*phile Rus*soph"i*list) , n. [Russia + Gr. filei^n to love: cf. F. russophile.] One
who, not being a Russian, favors Russian policy and aggrandizement. — Rus*soph"ilism n. [Chiefly
newspaper words.]
