russet
noun
yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown.
russety
-
a word derived from
russet.
Example Sentences
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They are all gray dotted, or have russety patches, or completely covered with russet.
From American Pomology Apples by J. A. Warder
But this elegance does not last long: grown big and strong, the bumblebee fly's grub becomes soiled with sanies, turns a russety brown and crawls about in the guise of a hulking porcupine.
From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
Fruit small, irregularly round; Skin rather rough, dull russet over a yellow ground, with a russety red cheek; Flesh yellow, of fine texture, with a rich sub-acid flavor.
From American Pomology Apples by J. A. Warder
The great russety masses grew sombre; all the landscape became simplified in the twilight; the Seine, the sky, the islands, the slopes were naught but brown and grey patches which faded away amidst milky fog.
From Theresa Raquin by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
The fallen leaves covered the ground with a russety bed which cracked beneath their feet with sharp, quivering sounds.
From Theresa Raquin by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
