† ˈroser Obs.
Also 5 roseer(e, 5–6 rosere.
[a. AF. *roser, = OF. rosier rosier.]
A rose-bush.
| c 1300 Havelok 2919 Þe heu is swilk in hire ler, So is þe rose in roser. ? a 1366 Chaucer Rom. Rose 1651 In thilke mirour saw I tho..A roser charged ful of roses. c 1400 Mandeville (Roxb.) ix. 35 Þase braunchez þat ware brynnand become reed roseres, and þase braunchez þat ware noȝt kindled become whyte roseres. c 1450 Lovelich Grail xliii. 239 Vndir a Roser thou wentest there To schonen the hete In alle Manere. 1523 Skelton Garl. Laurel 656 The bankis enturfid with singular solas, Enrailid with rosers. a 1568 Tayis Bank 114 Roseris raiss on raw. |
| attrib. c 1485 E.E. Misc. (Warton Cl.) 67 The same maner throȝe anothere hole of a red rosere branche. |