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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ROSE-WATER

n.Water tinctured with roses by distillation.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ROSE-WATER

ROSE-WATER Rose "-wa `ter, a.

 

Defn: Having the odor of rose water; hence, affectedly nice or delicate; sentimental. "Rose-water philantropy." Carlyle.