Vocabulary : Ro-setta stone to Rosier
Ro-setta stone : A stone found at Rosetta, in Egypt, bearing a trilingual inscription, by aid of which, with other inscriptions, a key was obtained to the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt.Rosetta wood : An east Indian wood of a reddish orange color, handsomely veined with darker marks. It is occasionally used for cabinetwork.
Rosette : An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, -- used as an ornament or a badge. ;; An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel, -much used in decoration. ;; A red color. See Roset. ;; A rose burner. See under Rose. ;; Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins. See Illust. of Spicule, and Sand dollar, under Sand. ;; A flowerlike color marking; as, the rosettes on the leopard.
Rose-water : Having the odor of rose water; hence, affectedly nice or delicate; sentimental.
Rosewood : A valuable cabinet wood of a dark red color, streaked and variegated with black, obtained from several tropical leguminous trees of the genera Dalbergia and Machaerium. The finest kind is from Brazil, and is said to be from the Dalbergia nigra.
