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russet (iou) and aortic arch syndromes (medicine)


russet (iou)



russet noun, adjective, & verb. ME.
[Anglo-Norman var. of Old French ro(u)sset dim. of rous (mod. roux) from Portuguese ros, Italian rosso, from Latin russus red: see -ET1.]
A. noun.
A coarse woollen cloth of a reddish-brown or subdued colour, formerly used for clothing esp. by country people and the poor. Now arch. or Hist. ME.
b. In pl. Garments made of such cloth. M16-M17.
A reddish-brown colour. LME.
E. M. Forster Autumn approached..touching the..beech-trees with russet.
A variety of fruit or vegetable with a reddish-brown usu. rough skin; spec. (a) a variety of eating apple with a reddish- or yellowish-brown or brown-spotted skin; (b) a variety of potato with a reddish skin. E18.
R. Firbank Fuller of wrinkles than a withered russet.
b. adjective.
Of a reddish-brown colour. ME.
b. Of a fruit or vegetable: that is a russet. E17.
Bon Appetit 2 medium russet potatoes, peeled.
Of a garment: made of russet. Now arch. or Hist. LME.
R. Burns Be thou clad in russet weed, Be thou deckt in silken stole.
b. transf. Rustic, homely, simple. Now rare. L16.
Of footwear: made of unblackened leather; tan, brown. M17.
Special collocations & comb.: russet coat (a) a coat made of russet cloth; a russet-coloured coat; (b) a russet apple. russet-coated adjective (now rare) wearing a russet coat; rustic, homely.
C. verb.
verb trans. Make russet in colour. L16.
verb intrans. Become russet in colour; spec. (of an apple etc.) develop a rough reddish- or yellowish-brown skin. L17.
russeted adjective = RUSSET adjective 1 L19.
russeting noun (a) the action or process of making or becoming russet; (b) a rustic, a peasant; (c) a russet apple: L16.
russety adjective inclining to a russet colour L18.

aortic arch syndromes (medicine)


aortic arch syndromes


Any of a group of disorders leading to occlusion of the arteries arising from the aortic arch. Such occlusion may be caused by atherosclerosis, arterial embolism, syphilitic or tuberculous arteritis, etc.