ˈrosier Obs. exc. poet.
Also 6 roysyer, rosyer, rosyar, rosiere, 6–7 rosiar.
[a. F. rosier:—L. rosārium, f. rosa rose n.: cf. rosary and roser.]
A rose-tree, rose-bush.
| 1523 Skelton Garl. Laurel 1178 Of Vertu also the souerayne enterlude; The Boke of the Rosiar. a 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. VIII, 61 Y⊇ first an Oliue tree,..y⊇ iii. a Roysyer with the armes of England [etc.]. 1590 Spenser F.Q. ii. ix. 19 Ne other tire she on her head did weare, But crowned with a garland of sweete Rosiere. 1620 T. Granger Div. Logike 120 How many flowers the rosiers bring. |
| 1829 Southey All for Love iii. xii, The nightingale..Hath in the garden rosier trill'd A rich and rapturous song. a 1851 Moir Tower of Ercildoune vii, The rosiers twain that shed their bloom In autumn o'er the lover's tomb. 1925 E. Sitwell Troy Park 88 Under a rosier Stood the Bishop Walked with a crozier. |