Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Russet cloth.
  • noun A person clothed in russet; a rustic; usually, an ignorant, clownish person.
  • noun A russet apple.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun See russet, n., 2 and 4.

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Examples

  • The russeting, how they're multicolor — those are normally no-nos and cause for rejection in other varieties, says Michael Rozyne, co-director of the Canton, Mass., nonprofit Red Tomato, which works to get local farm produce into mainstream supermarkets.

    Before the Mac, Vintage Apples Anne Marie Chaker 2010

  • A green skin color or russeting does not indicate poor quality.

    Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987

  • A green skin color or russeting does not indicate poor quality.

    Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987

  • A green skin color or russeting does not indicate poor quality.

    Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987

  • A green skin color or russeting does not indicate poor quality.

    Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987

  • A green skin color or russeting does not indicate poor quality.

    Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987

  • Bordeaux as a fungicide, not because they are necessarily better, but because there is frequently much burning of the foliage and russeting of the fruit from the use of the Bordeaux.

    Apple Growing M. C. Burritt

  • Concentrated lime-sulfur solutions, either home boiled or commercial, are effective against apple scab and have the advantage of not russeting the fruit.

    Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) 1906

  • With a tough skin, these are golden yellow or greenish-yellow with stripes, russeting or a blush.

    BellaOnline - The Voice of Women 2010

  • "Russet" apples are not actually a single variety, but "russeting" happens to some apple culitivars, when the skin becomes somewhat tough and leathery.

    Serious Eats 2009

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