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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Russet \Rus"set\, a. [F. rousset, dim. of roux red, L. russus
(for rudtus, rudhtus), akin to E. red. See Red, and cf.
Roussette.]
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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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