SCARLET
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Scar"let (?), n. [OE. scarlat, scarlet, OF. escarlate, F. écarlate (cf. Pr. escarlat, escarlata, Sp. & Pg. escarlata, It. scarlatto, LL. scarlatum), from Per. sakirl&ā;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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Scar"let, a. Of the color called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread.
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Scarlet admiral (Zo&ö;l.), 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 (Zo&ö;l.), the telescope fish; -- so called from its red color. See under Telescope. -- Scarlet ibis (Zo&ö;l.) See under Ibis. -- Scarlet maple (Bot.), the red maple. See Maple. -- Scarlet mite (Zo&ö;l.), 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. (Zo&ö;l.) See under Tanager.
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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.
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