Vermilion
[və'mɪljən] or [vɚ'mɪlɪən]
Definition
(verb.) color vermilion.
(adj.) of a vivid red to reddish-orange color .
Typed by Cyril--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Hence, a red color like the pigment; a lively and brilliant red; as, cheeks of vermilion.
(v. t.) To color with vermilion, or as if with vermilion; to dye red; to cover with a delicate red.
Typed by Judy
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Red sulphuret of mercury (artificial).
Editor: Theresa
Definition
n. a bright-red pigment obtained from cinnabar but generally made artificially from mercury and sulphur: any beautiful red colour: (obs.) the kermes or cochineal insect also the product of cochineal.—adj. of the colour of vermilion.—v.t. to dye vermilion: to colour a delicate red.—n. Ver′mily (Spens.) same as Vermilion.
Editor: Vince
Examples
- They will work, as I have seen, with wax hardened with vermilion or softened with lard. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- How warm in its amber lamp-light and vermilion fire-flush! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- This will impart to it a fine vermilion colour, and cover it with a very thin and equal coating. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Any desired color can be used, such as Prussian blue, chrome green, yellow, vermilion, etc. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- There was a trembling all through her, as in live coal when its vivid vermilion is hottest. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The child surveyed his vermilion figure up and down with much misgiving and finally said, Yes. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- His cheeks, late vermilion glow, were changed to the ashy paleness of death; his Herculean strength to the feebleness of infancy. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I then put into the hive, instead of a thick, rectangular piece of wax, a thin and narrow, knife-edged ridge, coloured with vermilion. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Her teeth were extremely white and regular, and her lips of bright vermilion; but I could not discern any other beauty in her. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But these were thick silk stockings, vermilion, cornflower blue, and grey, bought in Paris. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Typist: Rosa