Crimson — Defs

01 n. A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general.

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A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general.
“Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” — Is. i. 18.

“A maid yet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty.” — Shak.

02 a. Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red.

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Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red.
“The blushing poppy with a crimson hue.” — Prior.

03 v. t. To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.

imp. & p. p. Crimsoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Crimsoning

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To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.
“Signed in thy spoil and crimsoned in thy lethe.” — Shak.

04 v. t. To become crimson; to blush.

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To become crimson; to blush.
“Ancient towers . . . beginning to crimson with the radiant luster of a cloudless July morning.” — De Quincey.