Meanings
adjectiverosselly (comparative more rosselly, superlative most rosselly)
comparative more rosselly · superlative most rosselly
- obsoleteloose; light
That which I haue observed to be the best is a rosselly top , and a brick earthy bottom.
1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC
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