What does "crimson" mean?
Crimson: A maid jet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red. "A crimson tide." Mrs. Hemans. The blushing poppy with a crimson hue. Prior.
- 3.To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden. Signed in thy spoil and crimsoned in thy lethe. Shak.
- 4.To become crimson; to blush. Ancient towers . . . beginning to crimson with the radiant luster of a cloudless July morning. De Quincey.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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