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vermilion, vermillion [vəˈmɪljən] n
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) a. a bright red to reddish-orange colour b. (as adjective) a vermilion car 2. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) mercuric sulphide, esp when used as a bright red pigment; cinnabar [from Old French vermeillon, from vermeil] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Translations vermilion [vəˈmɪljən] 1. adj → vermiglio/a 2. n → vermiglio vermilion [vəˈmɪljən] 1. adj → vermiglio/a 2. n → vermiglio n / adj vermilion [vəˈmiljən] (of) a bright red colour. vermiljoen لَوْن قُرْمُزي ален rumělka; rumělkový klar rød das Zinnoberrot, zinnoberrot κατακόκκινος bermellón kinaverpunane قرمز روشن kirkkaan punainen vermillon צֶבַע שָשַר सिंदूर grimiz cinóbervörös warna merah cemerlang skærrauður (litur) vermiglio 朱色(の) 주홍색, 주홍색의 skaisčiai/ryškiai raudona spalva; skaisčiai/ryškiai raudonas spilgti sarkana krāsa; spilgti sarkans berwarna merah merona vermiljoen sinoberrød cynober vermelhão purpuriu алый (цвет) rumelka; rumelkový živo rdeča barva jarkocrvena boja cinnober[] สีแดงชาด parlak kırmızı, nar çiçeği 朱紅色 яскраво-червоний колір شنگرفي، تيزلال رنگ có màu đỏ son 珠朱砂(的),朱红色 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The bees, however, did not suffer this to happen, and they stopped their excavations in due time; so that the basins, as soon as they had been a little deepened, came to have flat bottoms; and these flat bottoms, formed by thin little plates of the vermilion wax having been left ungnawed, were situated, as far as the eye could judge, exactly along the planes of imaginary intersection between the basins on the opposite sides of the ridge of wax. His gun is lavishly decorated with brass tacks and vermilion, and provided with a fringed cover, occasionally of buckskin, ornamented here and there with a feather. Once a year they make a visit to the Mandans, Minatarees, and other tribes of the Missouri, taking with them droves of horses which they exchange for guns, ammunition, trinkets, vermilion, cloths of bright colors, and various other articles of European manufacture. |
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