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ˈrose-leaf
[f. rose n. + leaf n.1]
The leaf of a rose; usually, a rose-petal.
a1366Chaucer Rom. Rose 905 And many a rose-leef ful long Was entermedled ther-among. c1385― L.G.W. 228 A garlond on his hed of rose leuys Stekid al with lylye flourys newe. 1562Turner Herbal (1568) ii. 7 You must take it wyth rosed honye or wyth rose leaues. 1598Bp. Hall Sat. iv. iv, Seest thou the Rose-leaues fall vngathered? 1721Young Revenge ii. i, In ceaseless tears, and blushing with her love.., like a rose-leaf wet with morning dew. 1799G. Smith Laboratory I. 334 Take the distilled rose-leaves, from which all the spirit and oil is extracted. 1821Shelley Music, when soft voices die 5 Rose leaves, when the rose is dead, Are heaped for the beloved's bed. 1895Atlantic Monthly Mar. 294 That soft hand-pressure, like a pad of rose-leaves.
Comb.1832J. Rennie Consp. Butterfl. & M. 156 The Rose Leaf Roller (Lozotænia Rosana, Stephens) appears the middle of June, in gardens about rose-trees. 1854C. M. Yonge Heartsease II. xviii. 50 A little pair of socks, in delicate fancy-knitting for Johnnie. ‘Dear, dear mamma! her own pretty rose-leaf pattern. Think of her knitting for my Johnnie!’ 1908[see halva]. 1913C. Mackenzie Sinister St. I. ii. ii. 167 As for Dora's face, Michael found it beautiful with the long-lashed blue eyes and rose-leaf complexion. 1946L. B. Lyon Rough Walk Home 27 On rose-leaf heights we too were born, But spirit falters, or the proud foot slips.
fig.1851Thackeray in Scribner's Mag. II. 132/2 A very little domestic roseleaf rumpled puts me off my work. 1870R. Broughton Red as Rose I. 63 The velvet rose leaf of her cheek. 1897M. Kingsley W. Africa 489 It is sad to think of this thorn being added to the rose-leaves of a West Coast chief's life.
Hence ˈrose-ˌleafy adj.
1884‘Mark Twain’ Huck. Finn xxii. 222 Every lady's rose-leafy dress flapping soft and silky. |