A ‘shoe-rose’ is a piece of shoelace or ribbon tied in a rosette pattern, and worn on one's shoe-front (Pemberly).

The action or state of appearing or seeming to be (to eyes or mind) (OED).

In weakened use: by constraint of circumstances; of necessity, inevitably, unavoidably; as a matter of course (OED).

To bind or secure by a pledge (OED).