What is "ross"

Ross \Ross\; 115), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] The rough, scaly matter on the surface of the bark of trees.

Ross \Ross\, v. t. To divest of the ross, or rough, scaly surface; as, to ross bark. [Local, U.S.]

n. (context US dialect English) The rough, scaly surface on the bark of trees. vb. (context US dialect transitive English) To divest of the ross, or rough, scaly surface.

Ross (Ros in Scottish Gaelic) is a region of Scotland and a former earldom and county. The name Ross allegedly derives from a Gaelic word meaning "headland", perhaps a reference to the Black Isle. Another possible origin is the West Norse word for Orkney – Hrossey – meaning horse island; the area once belonged to the Norwegian ( West Norse) earldom of Orkney. Ross is a historical comital region, perhaps predating the Mormaerdom of Ross.

Ross is a region of Scotland.

Ross may also refer to:

Ross is a lunar crater that is located in the northwest part of the Mare Tranquillitatis. It lies south-southwest of the crater Plinius, and northwest of the lava-flooded Maclear.

This crater has a generally circular shape, but is not quite symmetrical. The inner walls slope down to a base of slumped material, before joining a relatively level interior floor. There is a low ridge to the west of the crater midpoint.

This should not be confused with the similarly named crater Rosse, which is located farther to the northeast.

Ross is a 1960 play by British playwright Terence Rattigan.

It is a biographical play about T. E. Lawrence and his time in the Royal Air Force.

Ross was a bicycle brand that manufactured over 15 million bicycles in the United States between 1946 and 1988. The company, which competed with domestic bicycle manufacturers as Schwinn and Huffy, was widely noted for its pioneering marketing of mountain bikes.

The Ross name has been used for two separate automobiles:

• The Ross steam car manufactured in Newtonville, Massachusetts.
• The Ross gasoline car manufactured in Detroit, Michigan.

The Ross was a brass era steam automobile built in Newtonville, Massachusetts from 1906 to 1909.

The Ross was a " Brass era" gasoline automobile manufactured in Detroit, Michigan from 1915 to 1918. It had a Herschell-Spillman V-8 engine with body styles including sedans and town cars. The vehicles are now considered antiques.

Ross can be used as a given name, typically for males, but is also a typical family name for people of Scottish descent ( Clan Ross). In this case the name is of Scottish origin. The family name can also be of German origin; in German, derived from Gaelic meaning "Horse Lord" or "Lord of the Horse" due to the righteous bond between anyone with the surname Ross and their relations to horses specifically when paired with the traditional Irish name Aidan (Aedan, Ayden, Aiden). Another meaning for given name Ross falls under "promontory" or "headland".

Ross is the name of a succession of London-based lens designers and their company.

Andrew Ross (1798–1859) founded his company in 1830, from 1840 he began producing camera lenses signed "A. Ross". During Andrew Ross's lifetime, the company was one of the foremost lens manufacturers. After Andrew's death in 1859 his son-in-law John Henry Dallmeyer left the firm to establish his own optical company in 1860 and the company was run by Ross's son, Thomas, and became known as Ross & Co. By the 1890s was also making Zeiss and Goerz lenses under licence for sale in the UK and the British Empire. Ross patented a Wide Angle lens design and Zeiss took this further to produce their EWA Protars, before World War 1 Ross and Zeiss worked quite closely together, but at the outbreak of War the British Government put Ross in control of the newly opened Carl Zeiss binocular and optical factory in Mill Hill, London.

A 1902 Ross advertisements includes:

Ross' Symmetrical Anastigmats,
Zeiss' New Planar and Unar lenses,
Zeiss' Convertible Anastigmats,
Goerz' Double Anastigmats, etc.

Ross also made some cameras from about 1855 to the late 1930s. A range of Ross Standard Reflex cameras is listed with an illustration in the 1935 British Journal Photographic Almanac, the sizes ranged from 3½ x 2½ up to Half Plate.

In the mid-20th century, Ross continued to produce lenses, as well as binoculars, epidiascopes, etc. They had begun supplying lenses for Ensign cameras in the 1930s and after World War II Ross merged with Barnet Ensign, and the company later became Ross Ensign, lenses were also made for other companies such as MPP.

Ross was taken over by Avimo in 1975; Avimo was later taken over by Thales Optics.

Ross is a 1983 album by the American entertainer Diana Ross, her third released on the RCA label. It was released shortly before Ross gave a pair of free concerts in New York's Central Park. The album reached #32 on the US charts, #14 on the US R&B charts and #44 in the UK. It has never been reissued as a digital download. The album's highest international chart position was in Sweden, where it reached #7.

Five of the eight tracks were produced by Gary Katz, two by Ray Parker Jr and one by Ross. The album's first single, "Pieces of Ice", peaked at #31 on the US charts. Subsequent singles "Up Front" (US R&B #60, UK #79) and "Let's Go Up" (US #77) were also minor hits. "Up Front" was remixed by Jolley & Swain for its European release. The album's final US sales were slightly higher than 250,000 copies.

The album was remastered and re-released in September 2014 by Funky Town Grooves, as an "Expanded Edition" with bonus material.

Ross is a 1978 studio album/ compilation released by American singer Diana Ross on the Motown label. The album was a mixture of older tunes Ross recorded and newer recordings, side A consisting of four tracks recorded in 1978 and Side B of material recorded between the years 1971 and 1975, but remixed and/or extended by Motown in-house producer Russ Terrana specifically for the Ross album. Ross peaked at #49 on the US Pop Albums chart, and #32 on Black Albums. The album failed to chart in the UK. Its final USA sales figures stood at around 150,000 copies. The cover illustration was by Rickey Ricardo Gaskins. A different album also titled Ross was released on the RCA label in 1983.

Several outtakes from the 1978 Ross sessions produced by Hal Davis, Greg Wright and Michael Masser have subsequently been issued on various other albums with Ross. Titles among these include "You Build Me Up to Tear Me Down", "Sweet Summertime Livin'", "Share Some Love", "We're Always Saying Goodbye", "Fire Don't Burn" and "We Can Never Light That Old Flame Again".

Although only enjoying moderate chart success on its original release in 1978, in 2009 "Lovin', Livin' and Givin'" was one of thirteen tracks featured on Almighty Records' tribute/remix album We Love Diana Ross - The Remix Collection.

While alternate versions of most of the recordings contained on the Ross album have re-surfaced on a number of Motown/Universal Music compilations over the years, the original album in its original form was eventually re-released on compact disc (SHM CD) in Japan on November 28, 2012.

Ross, or the Southern division of Herefordshire was a county constituency centred on the town of Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, when the three-seat Herefordshire constituency was replaced by two single-member county divisions: the Leominster (or Northern) division, and the Ross (or Southern) division.

Ross was abolished for the 1918 general election.

Ross Crater is an impact crater in the Thaumasia quadrangle of Mars located at 57.7 S and 107.84 W. It is 82.51 km in diameter. It was named after Frank E. Ross, an American astronomer (1874-1966). The crater's name was approved in 1973.

Wikiross.jpg|Ross Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter). Wikirossgullies.jpg|Gullies on southern wall of Ross Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter). Note: this is an enlargement from the previous photo. Image:Context for Gullies in Ross crater.jpg|CTX image of part of Ross Crater showing context for next image from HiRISE. Image:Gullies in Ross Crater.JPG|Gullies in Ross Crater, as seen by HiRISE under the HiWish program. Because the gullies are on the narrow rim of a crater and they start at different heights, this example is not consistent with the model of gullies being caused by aquifers. WikirossESP 038986 1220.jpg|Gullies in Ross Crater, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program

ESP 040186 1215gullies.jpg|Group of gullies in Ross Crater, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program

ESP 040186 1215multiplechannels.jpg|Close-up of gullies showing multiple channels, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program Note: this is an enlargement of a previous image. ESP 040186 1215polygons.jpg|Close-up of gullies showing polygons, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program Polygons usually form in frozen ice-rich ground. Note: this is an enlargement of a previous image.

ESP 040186 1215streamlined.jpg|Close-up of gullies showing streamlined forms in channels, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program Note: this is an enlargement of a previous image.