rossn.¹

Brit.

/rɒs/, U.S.

/rɔs/,

/rɑs/

Forms: 1500s rose, 1500s–1600s rosse, 1700s– ross, 1800s– rawse (English regional (Sussex)).

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps of Scandinavian origin (compare Norwegian (Nynorsk) rus , (regional) ros waste, scraps, scrapings, scale, shell, and the related verb rosa to scrape, scrub, scratch, flake, to scale (a fish)). Compare rossy adj., ross v.

†1. Rubbish, dirt; dregs. Obsolete.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun]

wrakea1350

outcastingc1350

rammel1370

rubble1376

mullockc1390

refusec1390

filtha1398

outcasta1398

chaff?a1400

rubbishc1400

wastec1430

drossc1440

raff?1440

rascal1440

murgeonc1450

wrack1472

gear1489

garblec1503

scowl1538

raffle1543

baggage1549

garbage1549

peltry1550

gubbins?1553

lastage1553

scruff1559

retraict1575

ross1577

riddings1584

ket1586

scouring1588

pelf1589

offal1598

rummage1598

dog's meat1606

retriment1615

spitling1620

recrement1622

mundungus1637

sordes1640

muskings1649

rejectament1654

offscouring1655

brat1656

relicts1687

offage1727

litter1730

rejectamenta1795

outwale1825

detritus1834

junk1836

wastements1843

croke1847–78

sculch1847

debris1851

rumble1854

flotsam1861

jetsam1861

pelt1880

offcasting1893

rubbishry1894

littering1897

muckings1898

wastage1898

dreck1905

bruck1929

crap1934

garbo1953

clobber1965

dooky1965

grot1971

tippings-

1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. xiv. f. 113/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The heads of Saffron..being scowred from theyr Rose [1587 rosse or filth]..are enterred againe.

1587 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xx. i. 331 Either reserued in the house, or hauing the rosse pulled from their rootes, laid againe in the earth.

1634 J. Levett Ordering of Bees 51 Put the Combes and water together into a Canvas bagge,..and straine as much as you can.., casting away the rosse that remaineth in the bag.

2. Chiefly North American. The scaly outer layer of the bark of a tree; also more fully ross bark. (See also quot. 1904.)

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the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > wood > [noun] > bark > part of

ross1778

epiphloem1839

mesophloem1839

1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. 497 The ross or outside bark [of the ash] being near eight inches thick.

c1840 E. J. Lance Cottage Farmer 23 Get then some oak bark, cut off the ross, and chop..the inner rind.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1984/2 Rossing-machine, a machine for removing the ross, or rough scaly, exterior portion of bark, from the remainder.

1889 Science 19 July 50 The wood of the beech is very close grained, and..the outer or ross bark is thin and quite smooth.

1904 Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 53/1 Rawse, Sus.., the scrapings of oak-bark, lichen, and moss.

1921 Jrnl. Amer. Leather Chemists Assoc. Jan. 514 The ross being very poor in tannin greatly reduces the tannin content of the bark.

1987 Random House Dict. Rosser, an attachment on a circular saw for removing ross or bark ahead of the blade.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Rossn.²

Brit.

/rɒs/, U.S.

/rɔs/,

/rɑs/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Ross.

Etymology: < the name of Sir James Clark Ross (1800–62), British naval officer and polar explorer.

1. Ross's gull n. (also Ross gull, Ross' gull) a small Arctic gull, Rhodostethia rosea, which in the breeding season has pink underparts and a narrow black neck ring; formerly also more fully †Ross's rosy gull.

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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Larus (gull) > larus rosea (Ross's gull)

Ross's gull1828

rosy gull1829

1828 W. E. Parry Narr. Attempt to reach N. Pole Contents p. v/2 A rare bird (the Ross Gull) seen—81.

1869 G. Hartwig & A. H. G. Polar World i. iv. 49 The fulmar and Ross' gull have been seen in lanes of water beyond 82 lat.

1892 Science 7 Oct. 201/2 The naturalist in charge of the expedition may discover the eggs of Ross's Rosy Gull (Rhodostethia rosea).

1926 A. 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.

1957 L. L. Snyder Arctic Birds Canada 222 The rather fragmentary information pertaining to Ross's Gull has come largely from the Old World.

2000 Independent 6 Mar. i. 10/8 Other, even rarer transatlantic gulls are also being seen, particularly in Ireland—such as two tiny Ross's gulls, normally year round Arctic residents.

2. Ross seal n. (also Ross's seal, Ross' seal) a small Antarctic seal, Ommatophoca rossii, which has a short muzzle and large eyes and breeds on the pack ice.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Phocidae > genus phoca > other types of

haaf-fish1808

Ross seal?1844

?1844 J. Richardson & J. E. Gray Zool. Voy. H.M.S. Erebus & Terror I. Pl. VIII Ross's seal. Omatophoca Rossii.

1894 W. S. Bruce in W. G. Burn Murdoch From Edinb. to Antarctica xix. 359 The creamy white seals..and the mottled grey seals (Ross's Seal), were in greatest abundance.

1904 Museums Jrnl. 4 151 A Ross' seal (Ommatophoca rossi), puffing out his breast like a pouter pigeon.

1930 Times 21 Jan. 13/4 During the day two specimens of the rare Ross seal were observed.

2005 J. Cooper in J. Rubin Antarctica (Lonely Planet) 109 The Ross seal (Ommatophoca rossii) is the least-often seen of all Antarctic seals.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

rossn.³

Brit.

/rɒs/, U.S.

/rɔs/,

/rɑs/

Origin: A borrowing from Welsh. Etymon: Welsh rhos.

Etymology: < Welsh rhos moor, heath, wet upland area, marshland (Old Welsh ros ), cognate with Middle Breton ros hill, upland (Breton roz ), Early Irish ros promontory, wooded upland, woodland (Irish ros woodland, promontory) < a Celtic compound with an original sense ‘promontory’ (preserved in Irish and occasionally in place names), ultimately < the Indo-European base of pro n.¹ + an ablaut variant of the Indo-European base of Sanskrit sthā- (see stand v.); compare Sanskrit prastha upland plateau. Compare earlier rosland n.The Celtic word is common in place names in Britain, chiefly in Cornwall, Wales, the north of England, and Scotland. Compare Rosse, Herefordshire (1086, now Ross on Wye) and (reflecting Celtic compounds) Mailros, Roxburghshire (early 8th cent. in Bede, now Melrose), Roswrageth, Cumberland (c1169, now lost), Rosnonnen, Cornwall (1326, now Rosenannon). Compare also Rosington, West Riding, Yorkshire (c1190, now lost), Roslande, Cornwall (1259; 1201 as Rolland, now Roseland), which probably show English elements added to earlier Celtic simplex place names.

English regional (Herefordshire). rare.

A marsh, morass. Cf. rosland n.

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1839 G. C. Lewis Gloss. Words Herefordshire 88 Ross, a morass.

1876 Wellington Jrnl. & Shrewsbury News 4 Mar. 6/2 Ross, Herefordshire term for a marsh or morass.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

rossv.

Brit.

/rɒs/, U.S.

/rɔs/,

/rɑs/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: ross n.¹

Etymology: < ross n.¹ (perhaps compare Scandinavian forms cited at that entry). Compare earlier rossing n., rossy adj.

Chiefly North American.

transitive. Esp. in logging: to remove (the outer layer of bark) from a log or tree; also with tree as object.

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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > build or construct with wood [verb (transitive)] > other processes

makec1450

rough-hew1530

rip1532

stick1573

list1635

frame1663

fur1679

beard1711

cord1762

butt1771

drill1785

joint1815

rend1825

broach1846

ross1853

flitch1875

bore1887

stress-grade1955

1853 S. Strickland 27 Years in Canada West II. 230 As soon as the tree is felled, a person, called a liner, rosses and lines the tree on each side.

1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Ross, to divest of the ross, or rough, scaly surface; as, to ross bark.

1878 Lumberman's Gaz. Mar. 16 Removing the bark from the top of the log, or ‘rossing’ it, as it is termed by loggers.

1913 R. C. Bryant Logging vii. 104 In the Northeast the ends of long logs that are being yarded on drag sleds are sometimes rossed on the under side when the road is either level or upgrade, or the dragging hard.

1991 M. C. Gilfillan Moods of Ohio Moons 17 The roots are scraped clean of dirt, the rough outer bark is rossed (removed), and the sweet inner bark is sliced off.

2003 J. Mursa et al. in I. T. Johnson & G. Williamson Phytochemical Functional Foods ii. xiv. 281 The inner bark of the pine tree is harvested in the spring when it is easier to be rossed from the tree trunk and when the vitamin content is at its highest.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1577

n.²1828

n.³1839

v.1853

单词	ross
释义	rossn.¹ Brit. /rɒs/, U.S. /rɔs/, /rɑs/ Forms: 1500s rose, 1500s–1600s rosse, 1700s– ross, 1800s– rawse (English regional (Sussex)). Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps of Scandinavian origin (compare Norwegian (Nynorsk) rus , (regional) ros waste, scraps, scrapings, scale, shell, and the related verb rosa to scrape, scrub, scratch, flake, to scale (a fish)). Compare rossy adj., ross v. †1. Rubbish, dirt; dregs. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] wrakea1350 outcastingc1350 rammel1370 rubble1376 mullockc1390 refusec1390 filtha1398 outcasta1398 chaff?a1400 rubbishc1400 wastec1430 drossc1440 raff?1440 rascal1440 murgeonc1450 wrack1472 gear1489 garblec1503 scowl1538 raffle1543 baggage1549 garbage1549 peltry1550 gubbins?1553 lastage1553 scruff1559 retraict1575 ross1577 riddings1584 ket1586 scouring1588 pelf1589 offal1598 rummage1598 dog's meat1606 retriment1615 spitling1620 recrement1622 mundungus1637 sordes1640 muskings1649 rejectament1654 offscouring1655 brat1656 relicts1687 offage1727 litter1730 rejectamenta1795 outwale1825 detritus1834 junk1836 wastements1843 croke1847–78 sculch1847 debris1851 rumble1854 flotsam1861 jetsam1861 pelt1880 offcasting1893 rubbishry1894 littering1897 muckings1898 wastage1898 dreck1905 bruck1929 crap1934 garbo1953 clobber1965 dooky1965 grot1971 tippings- 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. xiv. f. 113/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The heads of Saffron..being scowred from theyr Rose [1587 rosse or filth]..are enterred againe. 1587 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xx. i. 331 Either reserued in the house, or hauing the rosse pulled from their rootes, laid againe in the earth. 1634 J. Levett Ordering of Bees 51 Put the Combes and water together into a Canvas bagge,..and straine as much as you can.., casting away the rosse that remaineth in the bag. 2. Chiefly North American. The scaly outer layer of the bark of a tree; also more fully ross bark. (See also quot. 1904.) ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > wood > [noun] > bark > part of ross1778 epiphloem1839 mesophloem1839 1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. 497 The ross or outside bark [of the ash] being near eight inches thick. c1840 E. J. Lance Cottage Farmer 23 Get then some oak bark, cut off the ross, and chop..the inner rind. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1984/2 Rossing-machine, a machine for removing the ross, or rough scaly, exterior portion of bark, from the remainder. 1889 Science 19 July 50 The wood of the beech is very close grained, and..the outer or ross bark is thin and quite smooth. 1904 Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 53/1 Rawse, Sus.., the scrapings of oak-bark, lichen, and moss. 1921 Jrnl. Amer. Leather Chemists Assoc. Jan. 514 The ross being very poor in tannin greatly reduces the tannin content of the bark. 1987 Random House Dict. Rosser, an attachment on a circular saw for removing ross or bark ahead of the blade. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Rossn.² Brit. /rɒs/, U.S. /rɔs/, /rɑs/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Ross. Etymology: < the name of Sir James Clark Ross (1800–62), British naval officer and polar explorer. 1. Ross's gull n. (also Ross gull, Ross' gull) a small Arctic gull, Rhodostethia rosea, which in the breeding season has pink underparts and a narrow black neck ring; formerly also more fully †Ross's rosy gull. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Larus (gull) > larus rosea (Ross's gull) Ross's gull1828 rosy gull1829 1828 W. E. Parry Narr. Attempt to reach N. Pole Contents p. v/2 A rare bird (the Ross Gull) seen—81. 1869 G. Hartwig & A. H. G. Polar World i. iv. 49 The fulmar and Ross' gull have been seen in lanes of water beyond 82 lat. 1892 Science 7 Oct. 201/2 The naturalist in charge of the expedition may discover the eggs of Ross's Rosy Gull (Rhodostethia rosea). 1926 A. 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. 1957 L. L. Snyder Arctic Birds Canada 222 The rather fragmentary information pertaining to Ross's Gull has come largely from the Old World. 2000 Independent 6 Mar. i. 10/8 Other, even rarer transatlantic gulls are also being seen, particularly in Ireland—such as two tiny Ross's gulls, normally year round Arctic residents. 2. Ross seal n. (also Ross's seal, Ross' seal) a small Antarctic seal, Ommatophoca rossii, which has a short muzzle and large eyes and breeds on the pack ice. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Phocidae > genus phoca > other types of haaf-fish1808 Ross seal?1844 ?1844 J. Richardson & J. E. Gray Zool. Voy. H.M.S. Erebus & Terror I. Pl. VIII Ross's seal. Omatophoca Rossii. 1894 W. S. Bruce in W. G. Burn Murdoch From Edinb. to Antarctica xix. 359 The creamy white seals..and the mottled grey seals (Ross's Seal), were in greatest abundance. 1904 Museums Jrnl. 4 151 A Ross' seal (Ommatophoca rossi), puffing out his breast like a pouter pigeon. 1930 Times 21 Jan. 13/4 During the day two specimens of the rare Ross seal were observed. 2005 J. Cooper in J. Rubin Antarctica (Lonely Planet) 109 The Ross seal (Ommatophoca rossii) is the least-often seen of all Antarctic seals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rossn.³ Brit. /rɒs/, U.S. /rɔs/, /rɑs/ Origin: A borrowing from Welsh. Etymon: Welsh rhos. Etymology: < Welsh rhos moor, heath, wet upland area, marshland (Old Welsh ros ), cognate with Middle Breton ros hill, upland (Breton roz ), Early Irish ros promontory, wooded upland, woodland (Irish ros woodland, promontory) < a Celtic compound with an original sense ‘promontory’ (preserved in Irish and occasionally in place names), ultimately < the Indo-European base of pro n.¹ + an ablaut variant of the Indo-European base of Sanskrit sthā- (see stand v.); compare Sanskrit prastha upland plateau. Compare earlier rosland n.The Celtic word is common in place names in Britain, chiefly in Cornwall, Wales, the north of England, and Scotland. Compare Rosse, Herefordshire (1086, now Ross on Wye) and (reflecting Celtic compounds) Mailros, Roxburghshire (early 8th cent. in Bede, now Melrose), Roswrageth, Cumberland (c1169, now lost), Rosnonnen, Cornwall (1326, now Rosenannon). Compare also Rosington, West Riding, Yorkshire (c1190, now lost), Roslande, Cornwall (1259; 1201 as Rolland, now Roseland), which probably show English elements added to earlier Celtic simplex place names. English regional (Herefordshire). rare. A marsh, morass. Cf. rosland n. ΚΠ 1839 G. C. Lewis Gloss. Words Herefordshire 88 Ross, a morass. 1876 Wellington Jrnl. & Shrewsbury News 4 Mar. 6/2 Ross, Herefordshire term for a marsh or morass. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rossv. Brit. /rɒs/, U.S. /rɔs/, /rɑs/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: ross n.¹ Etymology: < ross n.¹ (perhaps compare Scandinavian forms cited at that entry). Compare earlier rossing n., rossy adj. Chiefly North American. transitive. Esp. in logging: to remove (the outer layer of bark) from a log or tree; also with tree as object. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > build or construct with wood [verb (transitive)] > other processes makec1450 rough-hew1530 rip1532 stick1573 list1635 frame1663 fur1679 beard1711 cord1762 butt1771 drill1785 joint1815 rend1825 broach1846 ross1853 flitch1875 bore1887 stress-grade1955 1853 S. Strickland 27 Years in Canada West II. 230 As soon as the tree is felled, a person, called a liner, rosses and lines the tree on each side. 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Ross, to divest of the ross, or rough, scaly surface; as, to ross bark. 1878 Lumberman's Gaz. Mar. 16 Removing the bark from the top of the log, or ‘rossing’ it, as it is termed by loggers. 1913 R. C. Bryant Logging vii. 104 In the Northeast the ends of long logs that are being yarded on drag sleds are sometimes rossed on the under side when the road is either level or upgrade, or the dragging hard. 1991 M. C. Gilfillan Moods of Ohio Moons 17 The roots are scraped clean of dirt, the rough outer bark is rossed (removed), and the sweet inner bark is sliced off. 2003 J. Mursa et al. in I. T. Johnson & G. Williamson Phytochemical Functional Foods ii. xiv. 281 The inner bark of the pine tree is harvested in the spring when it is easier to be rossed from the tree trunk and when the vitamin content is at its highest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1577n.²1828n.³1839v.1853
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