Rōs'ma-rīne', n.
n. [From ros, dew, and marine.] [Obs.]
Sense 1. Dew from the sea; sea-dew. You shall when all things else do sleep, Save your chaste thoughts, with reverence steep Your bodies in that purer brine And wholesome dew called rosmarine. B. Jonson.
Sense 2. A fabulous sea-animal, which was reported to climb by means of its teeth to the tops of rocks to feed upon the dew. “And greedy rosmarines with visages deformed.” Spenser.
Sense 3. Rosemary. [Obs.] “Biting of anise-seed and rosmarine.” Bp. Hall.