Designating hair or a beard. Cf. red-haired, adj. n.

originally. Of a yellowish- or brownish-white colour; now, of a golden-brown or ruddy-brown colour.

Auburn. Cf. Abram, adj.

Of hair or persons.

Auburn. Also Abram-colour, Abram-coloured.

attributive or as adj. = carroty, adj. ? Obsolete.

red, as the colour of a person's hair or beard; (sometimes) yellowish red.

Like a carrot in colour, red; said of hair. Also, of persons: red-haired.

Having hair of a yellowish-red colour; of hair, yellowish-red.

Of a somewhat ginger colour or complexion; reddish-yellow; sandy.

Of hair: having a bright golden auburn colour resembling that portrayed in many of the paintings of Titian; (more generally) red.

Of hair, complexion, etc.: ginger-coloured, sandy.