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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.