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Webster 1913 Edition
Russia
Rus′sia
,Noun.
A country of Europe and Asia.
Russia iron
, a kind of sheet iron made in
– Russia
, having a lustrous blue-black surface. Russia leather
, a soft kind of leather, made originally in
– Russia
but now elsewhere, having a peculiar odor from being impregnated with an oil obtained from birch bark. It is much used in bookbinding, on account of its not being subject to mold, and being proof against insects. Russia matting
, matting manufactured in
Russia
from the inner bark of the linden (Tilia Europaea
).Russian bath
. See under
Bath
.