| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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A headland; as Roslin, Culross, Rossberg, Montrose, Roxburg, Ardrossan, etc. | 1 |
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Ross, from the Welsh rhos (“a moor”); found in Welsh and Cornish names, as Rossal, Rusholme, etc. | 2 |
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The Man of Ross. A name given to John Kyrle, a native of Whitehouse, in Gloucestershire. He resided the greater part of his life in the village of Ross, Herefordshire, and died 1724. | 3 |
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| “Who taught that heaven-directed spire to rise? |
| ‘The Man of Ross,’ each lisping babe replies.” | |
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