Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Water tinctured with oil of roses by distillation.
- Having the odor or character of rose-water; hence, affectedly delicate or sentimental: as, rose-water religion.
- The plateau for a rose-water ewer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the odor of rose water; hence, affectedly nice or delicate; sentimental.
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Examples
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Add half a pound of finely ground sugar and dampen with rose-water.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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Add half a pound of finely ground sugar and dampen with rose-water.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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Work three quarters of a pound butter, one pound of good sugar, till very white, whip ten whites to a foam, add the yolks and beat together, add one spoon rose-water, 2 of brandy, and put the whole to one and a quarter of a pound flour, if yet too soft add flour and bake slowly.
Let Me Eat Cake Leslie F. Miller 2009
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Work three quarters of a pound butter, one pound of good sugar, till very white, whip ten whites to a foam, add the yolks and beat together, add one spoon rose-water, 2 of brandy, and put the whole to one and a quarter of a pound flour, if yet too soft add flour and bake slowly.
Let Me Eat Cake Leslie F. Miller 2009
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“Here it is for thee,” said she and filling her mouth with wine, gave him to drink thereof, whilst he gave her the like to drink; after which she sprinkled him with rose-water from front to foot, till the perfume scented the whole place.
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Then they sprinkled it with rose-water and incensed it with ambergris and aloes-wood and spread it with brocade.
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Remember, it's all about the illusion of abundance ... who cares if you fill these with rose-water or Charlie.
Christene Barberich: Cheap Chic: Amazing Treasures Well Worth The Price Of UPS (PHOTOS) 2008
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Then, while her husband watched them, she rose and filling a cup with wine, flavoured with powdered musk and rose-water, went close to Masrur, who sprang up to meet her, saying, “By Allah, the water of thy mouth is sweeter than this wine!”
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All this could not fail to be highly exasperating to Ibsen, who had set out to be a realist, and was convicted by the spiteful hand of history of having been an idealist of the rose-water class.
Henrik Ibsen 2008
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All this could not fail to be highly exasperating to Ibsen, who had set out to be a realist, and was convicted by the spiteful hand of history of having been an idealist of the rose-water class.
Henrik Ibsen 2008
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