6. (Old Chem.) The pipe to convey the distilling liquor into its
receiver in the common alembic. Quincy.
7. (Surg.) A pair of forceps of various kinds, having a beaklike form.
[Obs.] Coxe.
Ro"su*late (?), a. [NL. rosulatus, fr. L. rosa a rose.] (Bot.) Arranged
in little roselike clusters; -- said of leaves and bracts.
Ros"y (?), a. [Compar. Rosier (?); superl. Rosiest.] Resembling a rose
in color, form, or qualities; blooming; red; blushing; also, adorned
with roses.
A smile that glowed Celestial rosy-red, love's proper hue.
Milton.
While blooming youth and gay delight Sit thy rosy cheeks confessed.
Prior.
Rosy is sometimes used in the formation of self&?;xplaining compounde;
as, rosy-bosomed, rosy- colored, rosy-crowned, rosy-fingered, rosy-
tinted.
Rosy cross. See the Note under Rosicrucian, n.
Rot (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rotting.] [OE.
rotien, AS. rotian; akin to D. rotten, Prov. G. rotten, OHG. rozz&?;n,
G. rösten to steep flax, Icel. rotna to rot, Sw. ruttna, Dan. raadne,
Icel. rottin rotten. √117. Cf. Ret, Rotten.] 1. To undergo a
process common to organic substances by which they lose the cohesion of
their parts and pass through certain chemical changes, giving off
usually in some stages of the process more or less offensive odors; to
become decomposed by a natural process; to putrefy; to decay.
Fixed like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition,
propagate, and rot.
Pope.