Word Meanings - SCARLET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A deep bright red tinged with orange or yellow, -- of many tints and shades; a vivid or bright red color. 2. Cloth of a scarlet color. All her household are clothed with scarlet. Prov. xxxi. 21. (more info) (cf. Pr. escarlat, escarlata, Sp. & Pg.

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A deep bright red tinged with orange or yellow, -- of many tints and shades; a vivid or bright red color. 2. Cloth of a scarlet color. All her household are clothed with scarlet. Prov. xxxi. 21. (more info) (cf. Pr. escarlat, escarlata, Sp. & Pg. escarlata, It. scarlatto, LL.

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