roscid, a. Now rare.
(ˈrɒsɪd)
Also roscide.
[ad. L. rōscid-us dewy, f. rōs dew: cf. rorid.]
Dewy, moist, dank; resembling or falling like dew.
| 1626 Bacon Sylva §55 The Spirits of the Wine, doe prey vpon the Roscide Iuyce of the Body. 1642 H. More Immort. of Soul i. iii. 18 In a roscid cloud I did espy A Lunar rainbow. 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xix. 713 Roscid vapours..are restored..by such things as breed an halituous Blood. 1730–4 Waterland Script. Vind. Wks. 1843 IV. 183 The falling drops of small roscid rain. 1744 Armstrong Art Pres. Health (1807) 49 The fine and subtle spirits cost too much To be profus'd, too much the roscid balm. 1819 H. Busk Vestriad i. 312 No shout..Buoys him on tip-toe to their roscid heaven. |