Definition for RUS'SET

RUS'SET, a. [Fr. roux, rousse, red; It. rosso; Sp. roso, roxo; L. russus. See Red and Ruddy.]

  1. Of a reddish brown color; as, a russet mantle. Our summer such a russet livery wears. Dryden.
  2. Coarse; homespun; rustic. Shak.

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