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▪ I. Ross, n.1|rɒs|
Also 6 Ros, 8 Rosse.
The name of a county in the north of Scotland, used attrib. in Ross herald, one of the six Scottish heralds.
1475–6Exch. Rolls Scot. VIII. 372 Diligens signifero, nunc Ross heraldo nuncupato. 1526Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. V. 266 Delivrit to Ros herrold, lettre requiring my lordis of Arrane and Murray to restor the Kingis gunis. 1566Cal. Scottish Papers (1900) II. 250 Lettre..caried by Wm. Steward alias Ros harald of armes to the Q. of Scottes. 1641Reg. Privy Council Scot. Ser. ii. I. 405 Befoir..Johne Malcome, Ross Herald. 1742A. Nisbet System of Heraldry II. iv. xvi. 171 Rosse Herald, so named from the County of Ross, which was of old an Appendage of the Crown. 1863G. Seton Law & Pract. Heraldry in Scotl. 37 The Heralds attached to the Lyon Court are six in number, viz., Islay, Rothesay, Marchmont, Albany, Ross, and Snowdon.
▪ II. Ross, n.4|rɒs|
The name of Sir James Clark Ross (1800–62), Scottish explorer, used attrib. and in the possessive in Ross('s) gull, to designate a pinkish-white Arctic gull, Rhodostethia rosea, formerly named Larus rossii in his honour by J. Richardson in 1825 (App. W. E. Parry's Jrnl. Second Voy. N.-W. Passage 1821–23 359).
[1872: see rosy a. 5.] 1902N. Amer. Fauna XXII. 80 Ross Gull. The first known specimen of this beautiful species was killed at Alagnak, Melville Peninsula, by James Clark Ross, in June, 1823, during Parry's second voyage. 1926A. Thorburn Brit. Birds IV. 70 The Wedge-tailed Gull... A specimen of this small and very beautiful species, known also as Ross's Gull, is said to have been obtained at Tadcaster, Yorkshire, in December, 1846. 1957L. L. Snyder Arctic Birds Canada 222 The rather fragmentary information pertaining to Ross's Gull has come largely from the Old World. 1971Country Life 23 Sept. 751/1 The announcement of two rare arctic gulls sighted in the north east of England last December: a Ross's gull and an ivory gull. 1976New Yorker 26 Jan. 25/3 Last year around this time, a Ross's gull—the only species of gull with a conspicuously pink breast—caused a considerable stir when it arrived at Salisbury, Massachusetts, thousands of miles from its normal home, in Siberia.
▪ III. Ross, n.5|rɒs|
The name of Bernard R. Ross (1827–74), factor of the Hudson's Bay Company, used in the possessive in Ross'(s) goose to designate a small Arctic goose, Chen rossii, formerly Anser rossii, named in his honour in 1861 by John Cassin (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 72).
1874E. Coues Birds of Northwest 553 Horned Wavy; Ross' Goose. 1908C. Mair Through Mackenzie Basin 320 At Fort Chipewyan..Ross's goose is the last to arrive in the spring. 1947C. E. Gillham Raw North 175 He kindly interpreted for me while I interviewed his natives regarding the whereabouts of the Ross's goose. 1966W. E. Godfrey Birds of Canada 52/2 White or greyish-white geese with black wing tips, they are likely to be confused with Ross's Goose.
▪ IV. Ross, n.6|rɒs|
The name of Sir Charles A. F. L. Ross, Scottish-born engineer and soldier, used to designate a type of rifle used by the Canadian Army, esp. in the war of 1914–18.
1906Canadian Mag. Dec. 66 (Advt.), Ross Rifles... The best in the World... 303 Calibre. 1917Grit (Toronto) 7 Dec. 4/5 Think of the Ross Rifle, the lame horses, the sham shoes, the Allison rake-off. 1963Military Arms of Canada 43 The Ross Rifle was a straight pull bolt action rifle that was made in calibre .303 British and .280 Ross for the Canadian Government. 1972J. Minifie Homesteader xix. 169 We had been issued Ross rifles, a heavy weapon with a straight-draw action which jammed. 1973J. Quick Dict. Weapons 377/1 Ross .303 rifle... Under actual trench-warfare conditions it was found unsuitable. A serious problem with this weapon is the bolt. If reassembled wrong, it will permit firing in an unlocked position, resulting in serious injury or death to the shooter. |