VERMILION
\vɜːmˈɪli͡ən], \vɜːmˈɪliən], \v_ɜː_m_ˈɪ_l_iə_n]\
Definitions of VERMILION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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of a vivid red to reddish-orange color
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a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge
By Princeton University
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of a vivid red to reddish-orange color
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a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A bright red pigment consisting of mercuric sulphide, obtained either from the mineral cinnabar or artificially. It has a fine red color, and is much used in coloring sealing wax, in printing, etc.
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Hence, a red color like the pigment; a lively and brilliant red; as, cheeks of vermilion.
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To color with vermilion, or as if with vermilion; to dye red; to cover with a delicate red.
By Oddity Software
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A bright red pigment consisting of mercuric sulphide, obtained either from the mineral cinnabar or artificially. It has a fine red color, and is much used in coloring sealing wax, in printing, etc.
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Hence, a red color like the pigment; a lively and brilliant red; as, cheeks of vermilion.
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To color with vermilion, or as if with vermilion; to dye red; to cover with a delicate red.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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