Scarlet

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scarlet \Scar"let\, a.
     Of the color called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread.
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     {Scarlet admiral} (Zool.), the red admiral. See under {Red}.
        -- Scarlet bean (Bot.), a kind of bean ({Phaseolus


        multiflorus}) having scarlet flowers; scarlet runner.
  
     {Scarlet fever} (Med.), a contagious febrile disease
        characterized by inflammation of the fauces and a scarlet
        rash, appearing usually on the second day, and ending in
        desquamation about the sixth or seventh day.
  
     {Scarlet fish} (Zool.), the telescope fish; -- so called from
        its red color. See under {Telescope}.
  
     {Scarlet ibis} (Zool.) See under {Ibis}.
  
     {Scarlet maple} (Bot.), the red maple. See {Maple}.
  
     {Scarlet mite} (Zool.), any one of numerous species of bright
        red carnivorous mites found among grass and moss,
        especially {Thombidium holosericeum} and allied species.
        The young are parasitic upon spiders and insects.
  
     {Scarlet oak} (Bot.), a species of oak ({Quercus coccinea})
        of the United States; -- so called from the scarlet color
        of its leaves in autumn.
  
     {Scarlet runner} (Bot.), the scarlet bean.
  
     {Scarlet tanager}. (Zool.) See under {Tanager}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scarlet \Scar"let\, n. [OE. scarlat, scarlet, OF. escarlate, F.
     ['e]carlate (cf. Pr. escarlat, escarlata, Sp. & Pg.
     escarlata, It. scarlatto, LL. scarlatum), from Per.
     sakirl[=a]t.]
     A deep bright red tinged with orange or yellow, -- of many
     tints and shades; a vivid or bright red color.
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     2. Cloth of a scarlet color.
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              All her household are clothed with scarlet. --Prov.
                                                    xxxi. 21.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scarlet \Scar"let\, v. t.
     To dye or tinge with scarlet. [R.]
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           The ashy paleness of my cheek
           Is scarleted in ruddy flakes of wrath.   --Ford.
     [1913 Webster] Scarmage

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scarlet
       adj : having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent
             of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
             [syn: {red}, {reddish}, {ruddy}, {blood-red}, {carmine},
              {cerise}, {cherry}, {cherry-red}, {crimson}, {ruby}, {ruby-red}]
       n : a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an
           orange tinge [syn: {vermilion}, {orange red}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  74 Moby Thesaurus words for "scarlet":
     Titian, Titian-red, bricky, cardinal, carmine, carnation,
     carnelian, cerise, cherry, cherry-colored, cherry-red, crimson,
     damask, fallen, ferruginous, fiery, fire-red, flame-colored,
     flame-red, flaming, glowing, gules, harlot, hot, hustling,
     incarmined, inflamed, infrared, iron-red, lake-colored, laky,
     lateritious, lobster-red, lurid, maroon, meretricious, on the,
     on the town, pave, port-wine, prostitute, prostituted, puce, red,
     red-dyed, red-looking, reddened, reddish, reddish-amber,
     reddish-brown, rubicund, rubiginous, rubric, rubricose, ruby,
     ruby-colored, ruby-red, ruddied, ruddy, rufescent, rufous, rust,
     rust-red, rusty, stammel, streetwalking, tile-red, vermilion,
     vinaceous, warm, whorish, wine, wine-colored, wine-red
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Scarlet
     This dye was obtained by the Egyptians from the shell-fish
     Carthamus tinctorius; and by the Hebrews from the Coccus ilicis,
     an insect which infests oak trees, called kermes by the
     Arabians.
     
       This colour was early known (Gen. 38:28). It was one of the
     colours of the ephod (Ex. 28:6), the girdle (8), and the
     breastplate (15) of the high priest. It is also mentioned in
     various other connections (Josh. 2:18; 2 Sam. 1:24; Lam. 4:5;
     Nahum 2:3). A scarlet robe was in mockery placed on our Lord
     (Matt. 27:28; Luke 23:11). "Sins as scarlet" (Isa. 1:18), i.e.,
     as scarlet robes "glaring and habitual." Scarlet and crimson
     were the firmest of dyes, and thus not easily washed out.