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umbrose, a. rare.|ʌmˈbrəʊs|
[ad. L. umbrōs-us, f. umbra shade. Cf. Sp. and Pg. umbroso, It. ombroso, OF. ombros.]
1. Shady; giving shade.
a1425tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula, etc. 75 Hyng it in ane vmbrose place vnto þat þer be had nede þer-of. 1721Bailey, Umbrose, shady, casting a great Shade. 1871Macdonald Wks. Fancy & Imag., Roadside Poems III. 187 Still as a pool in its own place, Unsunned within an umbrose wood.
2. Ornith. Dusky.
1783Latham Gen. Synop. Birds IV. 437 Umbrose W[arbler];..upper parts greyish brown: on the back obscurely marked with black. |