russ

a. Of or pertaining to the Russians. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A russet color; a pigment of a russet color. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Cloth or clothing of a russet color. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A country dress; -- so called because often of a russet color. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the English russet, and the Roxbury russet. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The morn, in russet mantle clad. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our summer such a russet livery wears. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Coarse; homespun; rustic. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Russet, n., 2 and 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of a russet color; russet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A country of Europe and Asia. [ 1913 Webster ]

Russia iron, a kind of sheet iron made in Russia, having a lustrous blue-black surface. --
Russia leather, a soft kind of leather, made originally in Russia but now elsewhere, having a peculiar odor from being impregnated with an oil obtained from birch bark. It is much used in bookbinding, on account of its not being subject to mold, and being proof against insects. --
Russia matting, matting manufactured in Russia from the inner bark of the linden (Tilia Europaea). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Russia, its inhabitants, or language. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Russia; the language of Russia.

Russian bath. See under Bath. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make Russian, or more or less like the Russians; as, to Russianize the Poles. [ 1913 Webster ]