"ross" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-us-ross.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} ross (uncountable)
  1. (US, dialect) The rough, scaly surface on the bark of trees. Tags: US, dialectal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ross-en-noun-1~IJOWpb Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: En-us-ross.ogg [US] Forms: rosses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ross (plural rosses)
  1. (UK, dialect) A swamp. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-ross-en-noun-2-iqnY16 Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Audio: En-us-ross.ogg [US] Forms: rosses [present, singular, third-person], rossing [participle, present], rossed [participle, past], rossed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} ross (third-person singular simple present rosses, present participle rossing, simple past and past participle rossed)
  1. (US, dialect, transitive) To divest of the ross, or rough, scaly surface. Tags: US, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-ross-en-verb-1mkDg0ZR Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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