Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ross"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ross \Ross\; 115), n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
The rough, scaly matter on the surface of the bark of trees.
[Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ross \Ross\, v. t.
To divest of the ross, or rough, scaly surface; as, to ross
bark. [Local, U.S.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Ross
n 1: Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded
geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest
Passage (1777-1856) [syn: {Ross}, {John Ross}, {Sir John
Ross}]
2: British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the
north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in
Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862) [syn: {Ross},
{James Clark Ross}, {Sir James Clark Ross}]
3: British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit
malaria (1857-1932) [syn: {Ross}, {Sir Ronald Ross}]
4: a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in
the United States (1876-1977) [syn: {Ross}, {Nellie Ross},
{Nellie Tayloe Ross}]
5: American seamstress said to have made the first American
flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836) [syn:
{Ross}, {Betsy Ross}, {Betsy Griscom Ross}]
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