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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[OE. See

Dew from the sea; sea dew.

[Obs.]

That purer brine
And wholesome dew called

rosmarine

B. Jonson.

Rosemary.

[Obs.]

Spenser.

“Biting on anise seed and rosmarine.”

Bp. Hall.

Noun.

[Norw.

rosmar

a walrus;

ros

a horse (akin to E.

horse

) + (probably)

mar

the sea.]

A fabulous sea animal which was reported to climb by means of its teeth to the tops of rocks to feed upon the dew.

And greedly

rosmarines

with visages deforme.

Spenser.