Rose

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• Rose

  Many varieties of the rose proper are indigenous to Syria. The famed rose of Damascus is white, but ...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• The Rose

  1) On the boundary of St. Katherine Creechurch parish (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 64). Not otherwise ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• rose

  Under the rose: privately or secretly. The rose was, it is said, sacred to Harpocrates, the God of s...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• rose

  n. name given to the Australian shrub, Boronia serrulata, Sm., N.O. Rutaceae. It hasbright green le...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• rose

  , or strainer. A plate of copper or lead perforated with small holes, placed on the heel of a pump...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Rose

  occurs twice only, viz. in (Song of Solomon 2:1; Isaiah 35:1) There is much difference of opinion as...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Cop-rose

  ·noun The red, or corn, poppy. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Cup-rose

  ·noun Red poppy. ·see Cop-rose. ...

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• Dog-rose

  ·noun A common European wild rose, with single pink or white flowers. ...

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• Gelder-rose

  ·noun ·same·as Guelder-rose. ...

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• Gy-rose

  ·adj Turned round like a crook, or bent to and fro. ...

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• Memorial rose

  ·add. ·- A Japanese evergreen rose (Rosa wichuraiana) with creeping branches, shining leaves, and si...

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• Provence rose

  ·- The cabbage rose (Rosa centifolia). II. Provence rose ·- A name of many kinds of roses which are...

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• Rose water

  ·- Water tinctured with roses by distillation. ...

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• Rose-colored

  ·adj Having the color of a pink rose; rose-pink; of a delicate pink color. II. Rose-colored ·adj Un...

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• Rose-cut

  ·adj Cut flat on the reverse, and with a convex face formed of triangular facets in rows; — said of...

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• Rose-pink

  ·adj Disposed to clothe everything with roseate hues; hence, sentimental. II. Rose-pink ·adj Having...

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• Rose-red

  ·adj Red as a rose; specifically (Zool.), of a pure purplish red color. ...

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• Rose-rial

  ·noun A name of several English gold coins struck in different reigns and having having different va...

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• Rose-water

  ·adj Having the odor of rose water; hence, affectedly nice or delicate; sentimental. ...

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• Red Rose

  See Rose, Manor of. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Le Rose Aleye

  An Alley called" le Rose Aleye " near the graveyard of the Charter house, 22 Ed. IV. (Anc. Deeds, B....

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• Rose Alley

  1) East out of Bishopsgate, at No.178, to New Street (P.O. Directory) In Bishopsgate Ward Without. ...

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• Rose Court

  1) In Jewin Street (Strype, ed. 1755-L. Guide, 1758). Not named in the maps. 2) Out of Addle Hill,...

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• Rose Inn

  1) In Fleet Street, belonging to the Monastery of Rochester (Dugdale, I.). No later mention. 2) Ne...

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• Rose Street

  South out of Newgate Street, at No.20, to Paternoster Square (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Wi...

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• Rose Tavern

  On the west side of Chancery Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746). Site rebuilt for offi...

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• rose-apple

  n. another name for the SweetPlum. See under plum. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• rose-bush

  a timber-tree, Eupomatia laurina,R. Br., N.O. Anonaceae. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• rose-hill

  n. The name is given by Gould asapplied to two Parrakeets: 1) Platycercus eximius, Vig. and Hors.,...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• rose, native

  n. i.q. bauera (q.v.). ...

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• cop-rose

  papaver rhaeas : called also head work. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• rose-lashing

  This lashing is middled, and passed opposite ways; when finished, the ends appear as if coiled round...

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• Rose, William Stewart

  (1775-1843) Poet and translator, s. of George R., who held various Government offices, including th...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Coleridge, Christabel Rose

  (b. 1843) Novelist. Lady Betty (1869), The Face of Carlyon (1875), An English Squire (1881), A Near...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Rose, John Holland

  Litt.D. (1855) Historical and biographical writer. A Century of Continental History, The Revolutio...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Red Rose Alley

  East out of White Cross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720-Elmes, 1831). "Red Ro...

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• Red Rose Court

  See Red Rose Alley. ...

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• Redo Rose Lane

  See Pudding Lane, Eastcheap. ...

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• The Rose, Manor of

  On the west side of Laurence Pountney Hill, extending to 8uffolk Lane. In Dowgate Ward (S. 239). Par...

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• Rose Alley, Bishopsgate

  See George and Catherine Wheel Alley. ...

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• The Rose and Crown

  A house so called in parish of St. Michael Crooked Lane demised to the use of the church and parish ...

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• Rose Court, Aldermanbury

  See Hadley's Court. ...

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• Rose Court, Bishopsgate

  See Rose Alley. ...

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• White Rose Court

  South out of Widegate Street to Middlesex Street (L.C.C. List, 1912). First mention: Lockie, 1810. ...

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• White Rose Place

  East out of Whitecross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype ,ed. 1720-O.S.1880). Former name...

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• Rose Alley, Newgate Market

  See Rose Street. ...

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• Rose Alley, Widegate Street

  See White Rose Court. ...

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• Rose and Crown Alley

  1) See Rose and Crown Court, St. Katherine's Lane. 2) South out of Fleet Street, at No.62, to the T...

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• Rose and Crown Court

  1) East out of Fetter Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677). Site now covered by Blewit...

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• Rose and Rainbow Court

  East out of Aldersgate Street in Aldersgate Ward Without, south of Maidenhead Court (Elmes, 1831). ...

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• Rose Court, Tower Hill

  West out of Tower Hill, south of Muscovy Court (Strype, ed. 1720 and 1755). Seems to have been rebu...

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• Rose Court, Tower Street

  South out of Great Tower Street at No. 41. In Tower Ward (P.O. Directory). Earliest mention: O. and...

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• Rose Alley, Duke's Place, Aldgate

  See Mitre Street. ...

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• Rose and Crown Court, Houndsditch

  West out of Houndsditch, adjoining the old line of the Wall of London. 'In Portsoken Ward (O. and M....

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• Rose Tavern, Gt. Tower Street

  See Rose Court, Tower Street. ...

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• White Rose Alley, Whitecross Street

  Mentioned in L.C.C. List, 1901. See White Rose Place. ...

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• White Rose Court, Coleman Street

  See Masons' Avenue. ...

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• Rose and Ball Court. Addle Hill

  See Rose Court. ...

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• Rose and Crown Court, St. Katherine's Lane

  East out of St. Katherine's Lane, nearly opposite Flemings' Church Yard (Rocque, 1746-Lockie, 1810)....

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.