Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ross \Ross\; 115), n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
   The rough, scaly matter on the surface of the bark of trees.
   [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]

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

Source : WordNet®

Ross
     n 1: Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded
          geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest
          Passage (1777-1856) [syn: {John Ross}, {Sir John Ross}]
     2: British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the
        north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in
        Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862) [syn: {James
        Clark Ross}, {Sir James Clark Ross}]
     3: British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit
        malaria (1857-1932) [syn: {Sir Ronald Ross}]
     4: a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in
        the United States (1876-1977) [syn: {Nellie Ross}, {Nellie
        Tayloe Ross}]
     5: American seamstress said to have made the first American
        flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836) [syn:
         {Betsy Ross}, {Betsy Griscom Ross}]