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What's The Definition Of Scarlet?

\Scar"let\, n. [OE. scarlat, scarlet, OF. escarlate, F. ['e]carlate (cf. Pr. escarlat, escarlata, Sp. & Pg. escarlata, It. scarlatto, LL. scarlatum), from Per. sakirl[=a]t.] 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.
\Scar"let\, a. Of the color called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread. {Scarlet admiral} (Zo["o]l.), the red admiral. See under {Red}. -- Scarlet bean (Bot.), a kind of bean ({Phaseolus multiflorus}) having scarlet flowers; scarlet runner. {Scarlet fever} (Med.), a contagious febrile disease characterized by inflammation of the fauces and a scarlet rash, appearing usually on the second day, and ending in desquamation about the sixth or seventh day. {Scarlet fish} (Zo["o]l.), the telescope fish; -- so called from its red color. See under {Telescope}. {Scarlet ibis} (Zo["o]l.) See under {Ibis}. {Scarlet maple} (Bot.), the red maple. See {Maple}. {Scarlet mite} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of bright red carnivorous mites found among grass and moss, especially {Thombidium holosericeum} and allied species. The young are parasitic upon spiders and insects. {Scarlet oak} (Bot.), a species of oak ({Quercus coccinea}) of the United States; -- so called from the scarlet color of its leaves in autumn. {Scarlet runner} (Bot.), the scarlet bean. {Scarlet tanager}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Tanager}.
\Scar"let\, v. t. To dye or tinge with scarlet. [R.] The ashy paleness of my cheek Is scarleted in ruddy flakes of wrath. --Ford.