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russetn.adj. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French russet. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman russet, rossat, roset, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French rosset, Middle French rousset (French (now regional: Eastern and Switzerland) rousset ) (adjective) reddish, reddish-brown (late 12th cent.), (noun) coarse woollen cloth (1254, although earlier currency is suggested by the post-classical Latin parallels cited below, and perhaps also by quots. 1225, c1248) < rous , rus rouse adj. + -et -et suffix1. Compare post-classical Latin rossetum, russetum, russeta (from 1214 in British sources), pannus de russeto (1285, 1397 in British sources), pannus russetus (frequently from 1391 in British sources), Old Occitan rosseta (1330), all denoting russet cloth.It is unclear whether the following quots. in a Latin context are to be taken as showing earlier uses of the Middle English noun (in sense A. 1a) or earlier evidence for the Anglo-Norman noun:1225 in W. Shirley Royal & Other Hist. Lett. (1862) I. 263 Recepimus..sexaginta quinque ulnas et dimidiam ulnam de blanketta, et russoite ad sarpilaria, et octoginta ulnas de canabo ad sarpilaria similiter.c1248 Will of John Bonde in J. C. Tingey Rec. City of Norwich (1910) II. facing p. 358 Tun[i]cam meam de Russet lego praedicto Benedicto. Attested earlier as a surname, although it is unclear whether this reflects currency of the Middle English or the Anglo-Norman word: Alanus Russet (1204). The use in sense A. 3a probably shows a specific use of the adjective as noun; compare French †roussette , in same sense, which is first attested later (1752), and slightly later rousselet n. In sense A. 3b after French †roussette, in same sense (1611 in Cotgrave); compare earlier russeting n.1 A. n. 1. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > coarse or rough a1300 in R. Morris (1872) 92 (MED) Alle we schulle to þe deþ dreoreliche gon..Þer..geyneþ vs no grene..Þe robes of russet ne of rencyan. 1347–8 in J. T. Fowler (1899) II. 545 (MED) In pannis pro militibus et clericis..Rusett pro bedemannis, operariis in Curia, et houces equor. ad diversa precia. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland (Vernon) (1867) A. ix. l. 1 Þus I-Robed in Russet Romed I a-boute. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland (Laud 581) (1869) B. xv. 162 (MED) Charite..is as gladde of a goune of a graye russet As of a tunicle of tarse. c1460 (a1449) J. Lydgate (1934) ii. 783 Al clad in russet the soyl of greene is bare. 1490 W. Caxton tr. (1885) xxvi. 571 Thenne reynaude..toke a cote of sory russet vpon his flesshe. 1541 c. 3 A certayne kinde and sorte of walshe clothes called whytes, russettes, and kenettes. 1561 Will of Thomas Vicary in (1888) App. vi.190 My gowne of london russet, furred with black. 1615 G. Sandys 109 Ouer their shashes the men weare rounds of stiffened russet; to defend their braines from the piercing feruor. 1685 J. Dryden Pref. sig. a6 Like a fair Shepherdess in her Country Russet, talking in a Yorkshire Tone. 1730 J. Thomson Autumn in 142 Be mindful of those limbs, in russet clad. 1763 C. Churchill 15 Far as the eye could reach, no tree was seen, Earth, clad in russet, scorn'd the lively green. 1819 W. Scott II. xi. 199 I wore russet before I wore motley. 1866 J. E. T. Rogers I. 576 Russet was the dress affected by the Lollards. 1894 7 631/2 Labourers and the lower classes..should wear no other cloth but blankets and russets. 1938 E. Goudge (1998) ii. 36 He wore doublet and trunk and hose of russet, with a little pleated ruff at the neck. 1996 W. Childs in R. Britnell & J. Hatcher vii. 130 Producers were nevertheless able to increase the sale of russets later in the century. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > wool > types of a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve (Harl. 4866) (1897) l. 675 (MED) Gold, siluer..Ne haue I non..þis bare olde russet is nat gay. 1556 J. Heywood xvi. sig. H I loue as ill To be in these russetes at witsontide. 1584 W. Warner xlvii. sig. R4 Plucking off his olde ragges, and putting on him newe Russets. 1622 S. Ward 112 See whether hee will crie when you bid him lay off his Russets? a1641 T. Heywood & W. Rowley (1655) ii. i And so you were..forc'd to put on these russets and sheepskins. 1707 117 Th'Exchange Wench in her Grazet Gown, The taudry Minx bred up in Town, Or Country Jugs in Russets. 1835 C. Wilks in Oct. 282 Enshrouded in russets, or fluttering in silks. 1860 (Congregational Union Eng. & Wales) 15 129 Her father goes clad in russets—All dirty and seedy at that. 1918 A. R. Wells 141/2 No smartly attired chap wore russets—only last-year fellows, like me. I became very much dissatisfied with myself. 1984 B. Guest xxiv. 259 She shopped at Harrods..dressed in her russets while the Sitwells paraded in their royal robes. the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > reddish brown 1422 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt (1931) 143 (MED) Hit was ordeyned þat euerych housholder..yn þe same clothing of blac or ellis russet to be presente atte þe enterement of our said king Henri þe vte. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville (Vitell.) 3470 Tornyng to russet al the grene With fretyng of hys bytter cold [Fr. Aux arbres donne paremens..Puis si les refais despoiller Contre liuer pour les tailler]. 1532–3 c. 13 Veluette, satten, and damaske, being of the colours of blacke, tawny, or russet. 1573 p. viii If you will mingle a litle portion of white with a good quantitie of redde, you may make thereof a Russet, or a sadde Browne, at your discretion. 1625 T. Middleton ii. i Take these papers, Scorch me 'em soundly, burn 'em to French russet, And put 'em in again. 1688 R. Holme iii. 344/2 With..an Hand Brush..Plasterers..lay Whiting and Russet within their own compass or reaching. 1719 G. London & H. Wise (ed. 7) 90 'Tis Gray, over-cast with something of a Russet, coming near the Colour of the Belly of a Doe. 1834 R. Mudie I. 172 There is still no red or yellow, or even brown, in the plumage, though there is russet in the spots of the starling. 1875 R. L. Stevenson 71 The sky was an opal-gray, touched here and there..with certain faint russets. 1922 E. W. Timlow vi. 123 In the middle foreground..lay the swampy little meadow with every shade of russet and brown and red and pale green. 1949 E. Goudge i. iv. 50 The stable by night was an enchanted place,..its daylight russet and gold and brown overlaid by the silver moonlight. 1993 22 Feb. 10/2 Then we saw a rare bird, a tiger bittern, beautifully camouflaged in russets and brown. 3. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > pear > other types of 1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons 280 You must leave their Stalks, and the crown when you pare them, choosing such Fruit as is the fairest, most delicate, and full of Flavour, as the Orange, Summer Bon-Chrestien, Muscadel, Great Muscat-Pear, the Rousset [Fr. Rousselet], & a hundred others as rare. 1686 R. Blome vi. ix. 243 The Great Russet of Renes. 1725 R. Bradley at Pears Skinless Pear, is a Russet in Shape and Taste. 1859 T. W. Field viii. 228 This pear is the largest and handsomest of the russets. 1917 200 Be sure to have late and early bearers among the pear trees. Some of the most reliable are Le Conte, Bartlett, and Russets. 1997 J. Fletcher 121 You may find several different named varieties at farmers' markets—some, known as russets, with rough, golden brown skin; others with a smooth, yellow-green skin. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > apple > eating-apple > types of 1686 R. Blome vi. ix. 243 The Red Russet. The Round Russet Harvey. The Harm Russet. 1708 J. Philips i. 30 Of pimpled Coat The Russet, or the Cats-Head's weighty Orb. 1736 ii. iii. 277 Apples…Winter Pearman, Aromatick Russet, Pear Russet. 1843 J. Smith 156 Golden russet will do ordinarily well as a standard. 1887 R. Jefferies xii Iden junior sent in the best apples for sauce from his favourite russet trees. a1898 Mrs. E. Lynn Linton in G. S. Layard (1901) ii. 26 He filled my pockets with golden russets. 1959 10 Rough-skinned apples such as russets keep best. 1998 Oct. 18/2 (advt.) Egremont Russet..—One of the best russets with crisp flesh and very good nutty, sweet flavour. 2005 Nov. 90/3 Then there are cures of ham, traditional unpasteurised cheeses, Russets and other apples to protect as well. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > potato > types of potato 1780 May 141 Last Last spring, he set the old red and white russets, and had not a curled potatoe amongst them. 1825 229 The russet, red and white, for winter use. 1845 21 Oct. 7/4 The russet or brown cup..would appear to have resisted the ravages of the disease [sc. potato blight] better than any other species of potato. 1863 Jan. 28/2 We think the Russet as fair a table potatoe as the Garnet Chili. 1901 15 Dec. 993/1 He thinks the rye should have been turned under a little sooner. The russets would then have had more time to grow before the frost. 1927 (Univ. Idaho) No. 29. 45 The enviable reputation which Idaho potatoes hold..is very largely based on the variety known as the Netted Gem or Russet Burbank, commonly known in the eastern markets as the Idaho Russet. 1981 Mar.–Apr. 54/1 Many of us believe that the Idaho Russets are multipurpose, excellent for pancakes, and dumplings, gnocchi and French fries. 2009 (National ed.) 14 Oct. d5/1 The two best-known potatoes in the country—russets, those classic Idaho baking potatoes, and Yukon Golds—did not grow well there. the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > [noun] > parts of > skin or roughening of skin 1817 W. Coxe 153 The skin [of Roane's white crab] yellow, with a small portion of russet about the stem. 1860 R. Hogg 21 Skin dull green, covered with a thin yellow russet. 1908 J. L. Budd & N. E. Hansen (new ed.) II. 260 Color greenish yellow with some patches and traces of russet. 1950 R. M. Smock & A. M. Neubert iii. 29 When the epidermis is injured or killed by low temperatures (frost) and by toxic spray materials like lime sulfur, there is likely to be a formation of this russet. 2002 J. Morgan & A. Richards 181/1 [Group] 8 are completely or almost entirely covered with russet. society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > other types of leather 1813 ‘T. Martin’ 256/1 Before it is waxed,..it is boarded a second time, and the impression of the board often remains, particularly if the leather be not perfectly dry. The skin is now said to be finished russet. 1852 C. Tomlinson (1854) II. 137/2 The currier stores his skins, because they are brought to that state (technically called finished russet) in which they can be best preserved. 1897 C. T. Davis (ed. 2) xxvii. 414 The leather used for United States mail bags is russet. 1911 XVI. 339/1 At this stage the goods are known as ‘finished russet’, and are stored until ready for waxing. 1991 C. Hill 11 While it [sc. the leather] is still wet, it is set, often by hand, to flatten growth marks. It is now in the russet stage and is hung up to dry... Then it is dyed. the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae 1819 G. Samouelle 432 The Russet. 1832 J. Rennie 72 The Russet..appears in August. 1869 E. Newman 307/1 My predecessor divides this protean species into five—the Flame Furbelow..; the Russet..; the Letter I..; the Common Rustic..; and the Rustic Mourner. B. adj.the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > made from specific materials 1390 in W. H. Stevenson (1882) I. 244 (MED) Appretiantur..unum russet koote ad iij s. viij d. ?1418–19 in F. J. Furnivall (1882) 40 (MED) Rychard Smytheot schel haue my Russet gowen. 1459 Inventory Fastolf's Wardrobe in (1904) III. 175 Item, iij quarters of a russet gowne with ought slevys. ?1518 A. Barclay sig. Bijv And we poore herdes, in russet cloke and hode It is not clothynge, can make a man be good. 1567 Edinb. Test. I. f. 12v, in at Russet(t Ane russet coit. 1642 T. Fuller ii. xviii. 116 He weares russet clothes, but makes golden payment. 1748 W. Shenstone School-mistress viii, in R. Dodsley (ed. 2) I. 250 A russet stole was o'er her shoulders thrown. 1788 R. Burns (1968) I. 414 Be thou clad in russet weed [version B russet-weed], Be thou deckt in silken stole. 1826 T. Hood viii At last, conceive her, rising from the ground, Weary of sitting on her russet clothing. 1883 220 1 Pair ‘Russett’ Woollen Trousers, undyed, hand-spun, and woven. 1949 E. M. Almedingen i. 29 The man wore a shabby russet tunic and had a wart on his left cheek. 2002 S. Shesgreen v. 133/2 Dressed in a new russet shawl that speaks of her provincial origins. 2. the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > reddish brown 1428 in F. J. Furnivall (1882) 82 (MED) Also, y bequethe and yeve to Symkyn Whitehed my Russet Candelstykes. (Harl. 221) 439 Russet, gresius [sic], elbus, [a1500 King's Cambr. elbidus; 1483 Catholicon Anglicum rusetus]. c1440 (?a1400) 237 Maluesye & muskadell þase meruelyous drynkes, Raykede full rathely in rossete cowpes. c1500 (?a1475) (1896) l. 325 (MED) The rewde god Pan..Clad in russet frese. 1562 G. Legh f. 200 Some part of them of the colour Russet, whiche is somewhat lighter then blacke. 1580 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes (new ed.) i. f. 26v The very white is not so good, and if it bee somewhat russet, so that it be the vttermost parte of the root, for that the inner parte is somewhat white. 1594 226 The woods Where first the hounds put vp a russet beare. 1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in 33 Russet Lawns, and Fallows Gray, Where the nibling flocks do stray. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins 127 Either that of a russet colour,..or that of a shining green. 1713 A. Pope 2 In full Light the russet Plains extend. 1755 J. Shebbeare (1769) II. 273 Sir Simon..beheld one blue stocking peeping above the boot, the other russet. 1820 W. Scott I. viii. 216 The oak-trees only retained that pallid green that precedes their russet hue. 1877 W. Black II. xvii. 257 We saw an eagle slowly sailing over the russet woods. 1921 J. Dos Passos ii. 71 Misty russet fields slipped by and dark clumps of trees that gyrated slowly. 1962 A. MacLean vii. 102 He wore a faded russet dressing gown over his pyjamas. 2007 J. Kynge iv. 73 In the stillness of early evening, shadows swept across the russet roofs of the old town. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [adjective] > of types of pear the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [adjective] > of or relating to or like apples > of types of apple 1602 T. Dekker sig. Iv That same Horace me thinkes has the most vngodly face, by my Fan; it lookes for all the world, like a rotten russet Apple, when tis bruiz'd. 1629 J. Parkinson iii. xix. 587 The Russet pippin is as good an apple as most of the other sorts of pippins. 1629 J. Parkinson iii. xxi. 592 The russet Catherine is a very good middle sized peare. 1686 R. Blome vi. ix. 245/1 The Russet Nectorine is of a Brown Russet colour on the out-side, and red at the Stone. 1721 J. Mortimer (ed. 5) II. 287 The Russet Pearmain..partakes both of the Russeting and Pearmain in colour and taste. 1747 H. Glasse xxi. 165 The Margaret Apple, the Primat Russet, Summer Green Chissel and Pearl Pears. 1887 W. Besant I. i. 6 Creased and lined like a russet apple. 1919 A. H. R. Buller iii. 233 It [sc. the Burbank potato] is grown to a slight extent in Wisconsin, Nebraska, and Colorado, the Russet type prevailing in Nebraska and Colorado. 1929 M. de la Roche vii. 99 ‘H'm,’ grunted Finch, tearing a bite from a russet apple. 1961 (East Malling Res. Station) 9 In true russet varieties the hypodermis is composed of thick-walled cells. 1990 11 Feb. (Mag.) 55/4 St Edmund's Pippin. Crisp and small, with a golden russet skin. 2002 Jan. 42/2 Paulocik enjoys propagating old Ontario varieties such as Arnold's Beauty and Swayzie Russet apples and Dempsey pears. 1704 Nat. Hist. ii, in L. Wafer (ed. 2) 186 Russet Kings-Fisher. Is known by a white Ring about his Neck. 1783 J. Latham II. ii. 468 Russet Wheat Ear. 1829 E. Griffith et al. VIII. 81 Russet Pigeon. 1859 A. Pratt VI. 34 Russet Sedge. Fertile spikelets ovate, obtuse, the lower one stalked. 1883 Aug. 302 The russet-starling seems possessed with an insatiable desire to kill insects. 1920 Aug. 289 On the cliff edge..a pair of russet wheatears nest every year. 1988 51 306 The Turks believed each russet starling killed ninety-nine locusts before it consumed anything else. 2006 L. Nagy et al. in P. Shaw & D. Thompson xiv. 229/2 The plateau to the north has single, isolated populations of Russet Sedge and Mountain Bog-sedge. the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [adjective] > homely or rustic society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [adjective] society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adjective] 1598 W. Shakespeare v. ii. 413 Hencefoorth my wooing minde shalbe exprest In russet yeas, and honest kersie noes. View more context for this quotation 1603 T. Dekker et al. sig. D2v This is thy russet gentrie, coate, and crest Thy earthen honors I will neuer hide. 1652 E. Benlowes xii. ii. 219 Ill suits it with a Russet Life, to write Court-Tissue. 1766 H. Jones i. 11 Yon beauteous hill by artless art embrac'd, Where russet plainness wears the robe of taste. 1770 E. Thompson I. 140 Where rural Beauty in a russet guise Of homely truth, excels the pomp of lies. 1845 11 Jan. 24/1 Others, afraid of anything bordering on bombast,..adopt..a coarse russet style of thought and expression. 1882 C. Pebody xii. 88 That terse and epigrammatic style..which, with its russet Saxon, has since given him one of the highest positions in the Parliamentary arena. 1965 J. V. Cunningham in G. W. Chapman 95 Don Armado of the fantastic phrase woos Jacquenetta, the country wench..with absolute russet simplicity. 2004 N. Rhodes ii. 83 It is the function of the final songs..to project another world of russet simplicity. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing specific material 1604 H. Petowe sig. D3 Say therefore which is better, A russet banck'rout, or a Sattine debter. 1642 H. More sig. C4 He pinch't his hat, and from his horses side Stretcht forth his russet legs. a1746 M. Leapor (1751) II. 112 Here came the Wights, who battled for Renown, The sable Frier, and the russet Clown. a1774 R. Fergusson (1785) 163 Yet frae the russet lap the spindle plays, Her e'ening stent reels she as weel's the lave. 1837 T. Carlyle III. i. vi. 65 The hodden or russet individuals are Uncustomary. 1918 M. Bodenheim 28 My heart is a slovenly russet peasant-girl Flirting with staidly immaculate swains. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > [adjective] > made of specific material 1611 J. More Let. 8 June in E. Sawyer (1725) 279 Putting on a Man's Doublet,..russet Bootes with red Tops, and a Rapier by her Syde. 1667 A. Wood (1892) II. 102 To Rich for blacking my russet shoes. 1730 249 Wide russet Shoes betokening gouty Toe. 1773 T. Leland III. vi. i. 355 They [sc. his sickness and death] were ascribed to poison conveyed by a fatal present of a pair of russet boots. 1839 C. Dickens vi. 52 He was a fine swarthy fellow..who rode a- hunting in clothes of Lincoln green, with russet boots on his feet. 1893 J. Ashby-Sterry vi Their print frocks, their pinafores, their russet shoes were gone. 1920 F. A. Parsons iv. 183 One courtier..wore..trunk hose trimmed with lace, and russet boots. 1991 A. Larabee in M. L. Broe ii. 40 The curtain rises on three identical clowns, with wild ties, russet shoes, and purple asters in their buttonholes. Compounds1582 in A. Feuillerat (1908) 350 vi paire of venetians of Russet gold tyncell. 1596 E. L. xiv. sig. I4v Flora queene, Whose colours gaye, to russet browne was turnd. 1599 R. Gardiner sig. B2 The best are very white seedes: the second are russet white seedes, and are callad Lumbard Lettice. 1676 (Royal Soc.) 11 585 Some kinds of those black and russet-tawny Plums may be dried in a kind of Solar stove. 1731 P. Miller I. at Pyrus The Skin is..of a Russet-green Colour. 1748 J. Thomson ii. xxxiii In russet brown bedight,..He crept along. 1821 J. Clare I. 92 A russet red the hazels gain. 1861 J. G. Whittier Cobbler Keezar in (1898) 84/2 Yellow and red were the apples, And the ripe pears russet-brown. 1873 H. W. Longfellow Emma & Eginhard in i. 26 The leaves fell, russet-golden and blood-red. 1959 E. Pound cii. 82 The colour..As lacquer in sunlight haliporphuros, russet-gold In the air. 1991 Mar. 72/3 It is a soft, supple, apple-sweet wine, generally whisky-gold to deep russet-brown in colour. C2. 1575 G. Turberville 65 Those of Sardinia are nothing like the other Hawkes, they are browne, and russet plumed, small Hawkes. 1600 W. Shakespeare iii. ii. 21 As wilde geese, that the creeping Fouler eye, Or russet pated choughes. 1743 G. Edwards I. 31 The Red or Russet-colour'd Wheat-Ear. 1854 G. J. Whyte-Melville i Those gaunt, grim, russet-bearded giants that made the despot of the Lower Empire quake upon his throne. 1884 E. Coues (ed. 2) iii. 247 T[urdus] ustulatus... Russet-Backed Thrush. 1897 W. B. Yeats 80 A russet-faced boy..sat..watching the swallows. 1936 M. H. Bradley ix. 159 A small girl of eight, hazel-eyed, russet-haired. 1959 R. Sutcliff i. 1 Below him he could see the farmstead under the great, bare swell of the downs; the russet-roofed huddle of buildings. 1995 13 July 58/3 The leading generals are seen donating gold to pagodas and prostrating themselves before russet-robed..monks. b. 1789 ‘A. Pasquin’ Children of Thespis in II. iii. 257 Health-giving herbs deck the russet-clad heath. 1849 H. D. Thoreau 19 It may be many russet-clad children lurking in those broad meadows. 1992 J. MacIntyre iv. 139 Wearing her russet, Grissel rejoins her russet-clad family. 1607 (new ed.) 23 The russet-coloured pepper is best. 1743 G. Edwards I. 31 The Red or Russet-colour'd Wheat-Ear. 1858 W. Hooker xxxii. 123 He [sc. the bobolink]..now loses his bright colors, and becomes a russet-colored bird. 2001 J. Waterman i. 83 I see the ordinary russet-colored female everywhere. C3. 1910 C. L. Fitch & E. R. Bennett (Agric. Exper. Station Colorado Agric. Coll. Bull. 175) 62 Russet we believe to be the most appropriate [variety name] for the promising new sort which has carried the indefinite names White Beauty and Russet Burbank. 1984 12 Nov. 99/1 The Russet Burbank lends itself admirably to French fries. 2000 1 June 61/1 The Russet Burbank is long, cylindrical and slightly flattened with shallow eyes. the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > rustic or peasant society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [noun] > woman or girl 1694 T. D'Urfey ii. ii. 23 What Joys are found, In Russet Gown, Young, Plump and Round. 1703 in J. Ashton II. 112 Squires come to Court to some fine Town Lady, and Town Sparks to pick up a Russet Gown. 1665 in R. Scot (ed. 3) xv. i. 215 Throwing his old Shooes about ten yards from the place, let him put on his, consecrated shooes of russet Leather with a Cross cut on the top of each shooe. 1794 W. Felton I. vi. 132 Common square japanned boots,..mostly made of thick elm, and covered with strong russet leather, welted round the sides. 1845 J. H. Carleton 18 May (1983) 168 A powder flask and russet leather ball pouch. 1911 G. A. Martin vii. 89 The bridle should be of plain russet leather, free from all frippery in the way of useless ornaments. 1997 B. Morrow i. 31 Its Morris chair..with an old russet leather pillow for a backrest. 2003 (Nexis) 7 June 61 The classic Balzac chair designed by Matthew Hilton is £2,160 in russet leather. Derivatives c1864 E. Dickinson (1955) II. 687 Though Pyramids decay And Kingdoms, like the Orchard Flit Russetly away. 1936 R. Field 71 My very breath I hold Seeing chrysanthemums all russetly Marshaled to meet the cold. 2004 S. Henighan v. 122 Teddy pulled up a stool next to the russetly unshaven Paddy McNulty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). russetv. Inflections: Present participle russeting, (irregular) russetting; past tense and past participle russeted, (irregular) russetted; Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: russet n.; russet adj. Etymology: Partly < russet n., and partly < russet adj. With sense 1a compare slightly earlier russeting n.2 1a. In sense 2 after russeting n.2 2. 1. the world > matter > liquid > dryness > dry [verb (transitive)] > parch > to a russet colour the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > making or becoming brown > make brown [verb (transitive)] > make reddish brown 1592 R. Greene sig. D2 His doublet was of leather, russetted after the best fashion. 1628 O. Felltham xviii. 55 If the Land be russeted with a bloudlesse Famine; are not the poore the first that sacrifice their liues to Hunger? 1688 R. Holme iii. 396/1 Plasterers..may..Whitten, Russet, or Black any Posts, or parts of an House. 1730 J. Thomson Hymn on Seasons in 236 The Summer-ray Russets the plain, inspiring Autumn gleams. 1820 J. Galt I. xx. 220 The road lay through a narrow defile between two lofty precipices, with shrubs, and russetted with lichens. 1962 E. Mercer ii. 92 The practice of covering or disguising brickwork gave way in the early seventeenth century to one of heightening its natural colour by ‘pencilling’, ‘russetting’, or ‘red-colouring’ it. 1994 M. R. Quade in 40 No. 4. 57 Upstairs, the bathtub spigot drools, russeting the enamel shell. the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > making or becoming brown > become brown [verb (intransitive)] > become reddish brown 1678 H. Vaughan 72 Our grass straight russets, and each scorching day Drinks up our Brooks. 2. 1894 (Canad. Dept. Agric.) 211 Some varieties of apples have been somewhat injured in appearance this year; i.e., they are russeted by a too strong solution, or perhaps too frequent applications [of Bordeaux mixture and Paris green]. 1896 I. H. Babcock & H. Lutts in (Western N.Y. Hort. Soc.) 108 The fruit, however, was badly russeted by exposure to the late frost in May. 1915 213 In all cases the new tubers were small, deformed, blackened or browned at the stem end and more or less russeted. 1961 (East Malling Res. Station) 28 Comice fruits were severely russeted by colloidal sulphur applied as a concentrate. 2003 E. H. Beers et al. in D. C. Ferree & I. J. Warrington v. xix. 511/1 Sensitive cultivars (eg ‘Golden Delicious’) may be russeted by feeding in the calyx area, which occurs shortly after bloom. 1902 C. V. Piper 34 Bordeaux should not be used for the fourth and fifth spraying, as it causes fruit to russet. 1961 (East Malling Res. Station) 9 A preliminary study of russet and non-russet apples has shown a relation between the anatomy of the skin and the tendency of the fruit to russet. 2003 (Nexis) 23 Apr. a9 The hot dry weather had resulted in the sensitive skin of Bosc pears only partially russetting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.adj.a1300 v.1592 |
