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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Vermilion

/vẽrm-ĭl'-yən/ · Ver·mil·ion · IPA /vɚˈmɪl.jən/
01 n. A bright red pigment consisting of mercuric sulphide, obtained either from the mineral cinnabar or artificially. It has a fine red color, a…
  1. 1.
    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.(Chem.)
  2. 2.
    Hence, a red color like the pigment; a lively and brilliant red; as, cheeks of vermilion.
02 v. t. To color with vermilion, or as if with vermilion; to dye red; to cover with a delicate red.
  1. 1.
    To color with vermilion, or as if with vermilion; to dye red; to cover with a delicate red.