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VERMILION, a. vermil'yon. L. vermiculus, vermes a name sometimes improperly given to the kermes. See Crimson.
1. The cochineal, a small insect found on a particular plant. Improper or obsolete.
2. Red sulphuret of mercury a bright, beautiful red color of two sorts, natural and artificial. The natural is found in silver mines, in the form of a ruddy sand, which is to be prepared by purification or washing, and then levigated with water on a stone. The factitious or common vermilion is made of artificial cinnabar, ground with white wine, and afterwards with the white of an egg.
3. Any beautiful red color. In blushing, the delicate cheek is covered with vermilion.
VERMILION, vermil'yon. To dye red to cover with a delicate red.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Vermilion'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/v/vermilion.html.
Entry for 'Vermilion'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/v/vermilion.html.
