Hypertext Webster Gateway: "crimson"

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)

Crimson
See {COLOUR}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Crimson \Crim"son\ (kr?m"z'n), n. [OE. crimson, OF. crimoisin,
F. cramoisi (cf. Sp. carmesi.) LL. carmesinus, fr. Ar.
qermazi, fr. qermez crimson, kermes, fr. Skr. k?mija produced
by a worm; k?mi worm or insect + jan to generate; akin to E.
kin. CF. {Carmine}, {Kermes}.]
A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in
general.

Theugh jour 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 jet rosed over with the virgin crimson of
modesty. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Crimson \Crim"son\, a.
Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red. ``A crimson
tide.'' --Mrs. Hemans.

The blushing poppy with a crimson hue. --Prior.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Crimson \Crim"son\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crimsoned} (-z'nd); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Crimsoning}.]
To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.

Signed in thy spoil and crimsoned in thy lethe. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Crimson \Crim"son\, b. t.
To become crimson; to blush.

Ancient towers . . . beginning to crimson with the
radiant luster of a cloudless July morning. --De
Quincey.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

crimson
adj 1: having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent
of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or
rubies [syn: {red}, {reddish}, {ruddy}, {blood-red}, {carmine},
{cerise}, {cherry}, {cherry-red}, {ruby}, {ruby-red},
{scarlet}]
2: characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson
deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by
Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red
rage"- Hudson Strode [syn: {red}, {violent}]
3: (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if
with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury";
"turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes";
"red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with
embarrassment" [syn: {aflame(p)}, {red}, {reddened}, {red-faced},
{flushed}]
n : a deep and vivid red [syn: {ruby}, {deep red}]
v : turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed
when a young man whistled as she walked by" [syn: {blush},
{flush}, {redden}]


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