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Webster 1913 Edition

Crimson

Crim′son

(krĭm′z’n)
,
Noun.
[OE.
crimson
, OF.
crimoisin
, F.
cramoisi
(cf. Sp.
carmesi
.) LL.
carmesinus
, fr. Ar.
qermazi
, fr.
qermez
crimson, kermes, fr. Skr.
kṛmija
produced by a worm;
k[GREEK]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.
Though your sins 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 yet rosed over with the virgin
crimson
of modesty.
Shakespeare

Crim′son

,
Adj.
Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red.
“A crimson tide.”
Mrs. Hemans.
The blushing poppy with a
crimson
hue.
Prior.

Crim′son

,
Verb.
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.
Shakespeare

Crim′son

,
Verb.
T.
To become crimson; to blush.
Ancient towers . . . beginning to
crimson
with the radiant luster of a cloudless July morning.
De Quincey.

Webster 1828 Edition

Crimson

CRIMSON

,
Noun.
[G.] A deep red color; a red tinged with blue; also, a red color in general; as the virgin crimson of modesty.
He made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson. 2 Chronicles 3.

CRIMSON

,
Adj.
Of a beautiful deep red; as the crimson blush of modesty; a crimson stream of blood.

CRIMSON

,
Verb.
T.
To dye with crimson; to dye of a deep red color; to make red.

CRIMSON

,
Verb.
I.
To become of a deep red color; to be tinged with red; to blush.
Her cheeks crimsoned at the entrance of her lover.

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