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Rosere, -eir, n. Also: -eire, -ier; -air, -are. [ME and obs. e.m.E. roser (a1300), rosere (c1400), also rosiar, roysyer, -iere (all 16th c.), AF *roser, OF rosier (c1175 in Larousse), L. rosarium.]

1. A rose-bush or rose-tree. a1400 Leg. S. xxiii 420.
Sewine … with facis mare clere Thane the floure of a rosere a1500 Henr. Praise of Age 1 (Makc.).
In tyl ane garth wndir ane reid rosier [Ch. & M. -ere, Bann. -eir; rh. cleyr] Ane old man … hard I syng c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 3.
I raise and by a rosere did me rest a1550 Tayis Bank 114.
The rever throw the ryse cowth rowt And roseris rais on raw a1568 Bann. Bann. MS 234a/23.
I sall revert as dois the reid roseir Freschest of hew in somer sesoun grene

2. Applied a. by a man to his beloved, b. to the Virgin.a. c1530-40 Stewart Bann. MS 219a/1.
Maist ameyn roseir gratious and resplendentb. c1515 Kennedy Asl. MS II 275/58.
Thocht we brek wowis … To thé, Rosare, and rute of our remeid

3. In other senses. a. A collection of prayers, including Aves and Paternosters, to be said in honour of and devotion to the Virgin. b. A coronet (of gold and gems), made to resemble a garland of roses.a. a1500 Rois Garlandis 614.
Heir … begynnis The Lang Rosair of the glorius virgin Maryb. 15.. Clar. v 282, 285.
Within ane roseire all in bricht gold set The roseis reid war all of cullour bricht And carbunkle stonis casting plesant licht Upon the roseire … Insteid of leives hang emeroldis greine