Russet

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Coarse; homespun; rustic.

II. Russet ·noun Cloth or clothing of a russet color.

III. Russet ·noun A russet color; a pigment of a russet color.

IV. Russet ·noun A country dress;

— so called because often of a russet color.

V. Russet ·noun An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the English russet, and the Roxbury russet.

VI. Russet ·adj 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.

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