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Rosate, n.2 [e.m.E. rosat oil of roses (1579), also attrib. as adj. (1601).] —1568 Skeyne Descr. Pest 32.
Ane iniectione maid of sufficient quantite of brw of ane foull weil salt with twa fresche eggis, and thre vncis of hunny rosate
