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Definition of Russets
1. russet [n] - See also: russet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Russets
Literary usage of Russets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chemistry and Technology of Printing Inks by Norman Underwood, Thomas V. Sullivan (1915)
"russets All the inorganic pigments that can be classed as russets owe their hue
primarily to iron oxide; the different names met with are either given to ..."
2. The Commercial Apple Industry of North America by John Clifford Folger, Samuel Mable Thomson (1921)
"russets. Russet is the name ordinarily given to a great number of different
varieties of russet apples. The Roxbury and the Golden Russet are most commonly ..."
3. A Guide to the Orchard and Fruit Garden: Or An Account of the Most Valuable by George Lindley (1852)
"... of a much deeper colour. Flesh tender, with an agreeable juice. A culinary
apple from November till February. SECT. VII. — russets and Nonpareils. 163. ..."
4. A Law Dictionary and Glossary: Containing Full Definitions of the Principal by Alexander Mansfield Burrill (1860)
"russets ; a kind of cloth mentioned in Magna Charta, (с. 25.) In old English law.
Inferior country tenants, churls, ..."
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