scarletn.adj.

/ˈskɑːlɪt/

Forms: Middle English–1600s scarlat, skarlet, Middle English scarleit, scharlette, Middle English–1500s, 1700s scarlett, Middle English scarlatte, scarlad, skarlot, Middle English–1500s scarlot, skarlat, Middle English, 1700s skarlett, 1500s scarlette, skarlette, skarlote, skerlyt, Middle English– scarlet.

Etymology: Aphetic < Old French escarlate, noun feminine (modern French écarlate ) = Provençal escarlat (masculine), -ata feminine. In French and Provençal recorded from the 12th cent.; the other Romanic forms are later: Spanish escarlate , escarlata , Portuguese escarlate , escarlata , Italian scarlatto , medieval Latin scarlat(t)um , scarlat(t)a , scarlettum (1204 in Excerpta Historica 393). In Germanic the word appears as Old Norse skarlat , skallat , Middle High German scharlât , early modern Flemish schaerlat ; also, with etymologizing alteration (compare lake n.⁵), Middle High German scharlach(en, Middle Low German, Dutch scharlaken (whence Danish skarlagen, Swedish skarlakan, Icelandic skarlak, skarlakan). From Italian are probably modern Greek σκαρλάτον, Church Slavonic skrŭlato, Serbian skrlet, Turkish iskerlet. If the Old High German scarlahhan , in a gloss explained as ‘shorn cloth’ (rasilis ) be identical with this word (the interpretation as well as the form being due to popular etymology), it is the earliest evidence of its existence. It is hardly possible that this Old High German word can be the source of the Romanic forms. The prevailing view is that Old French escarlate is an alteration of Persian saqalāt , siqalāt , suqlāt , a kind of rich cloth, a derivative of which appears as ciclatoun n. (The form saqirlāt, given in some Arabic dictionaries, is modern and probably adopted from some European language.)

A. n.

1. †(a) In early use, some rich cloth, often of a bright red colour, but (according to French, Middle Dutch, and medieval Latin sources) also sometimes of other colours, as ‘pers’, blue, green, brown. Obsolete. (b) In later use, cloth or clothing of the colour described in sense A. 2. †scarlet in grain (scarlet engreyned, grayned scarlet., etc.): cloth fast dyed of a scarlet colour (cf. grain n.¹ 10 and ingrain adj.). It is doubtful whether ‘scarlet and grene’, frequently occurring in Middle English poetry in descriptions of splendid attire, originated in a misunderstanding of this phrase.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric with specific qualities > [noun] > rich or costly

pallOE

ciclatouna1225

scarletc1250

tars1377

cockea1382

coccyn1382

coctin1382

Welsh scarletc1400

gold tissed1585

checklaton1596

cyclas1834

c1250 Death 10 in Old Eng. Misc. 168 Ȝe þat sittet i-schrud wið skarlet and wið palle.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 6390 A robe he let him ssape uerst of blod red scarlet þere.

13.. K. Alis. 4987 Hy clothen hem with grys and ermyne With golde and siluer and skarlet pers fyne.

c1330 (?c1300) Reinbrun (Auch.) in J. Zupitza Guy of Warwick (1891) 632 Scarlet and grene wel y-wrouȝt.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 4463 And we han her scarletes & grene, & cloþes of tarse.

c1386 G. Chaucer Sir Thopas 16 His rode is lyk scarlet in grayn.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 25463 Nauþer aske I skarlet ne grene ne purtraied stede.

a1400 Morte Arth. 3459 And one he henttis a hode of scharlette fulle riche.

14.. Guy of Warw. 8996 Hys lymmes were bare and euyll beseyn, That some tyme were clad in scarlet in greyne.

a1420 Wyclif's N.T., Rev. xviii. 16 Wo! wo! thilke greet citee, that was clothid with bijs and purpur, and reed scarlet.

1480 Coventry Leet Bk. 438 The seid Recordor answered & saide that they shuld not be relesed þerof for þe best pece of scarlet in Englond.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) ix. 23 Huon toke hys cloke of skerlat & wrappyd it about hys arme.

1545 Rates Custome House sig. dvj^v In primus a brode cloth payeth. xii. A scarlette xxxiiii.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. lii^v The Mayre of London..appareled in orient grayned Skarlet.

1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 31 Ships bring cloth of Wooll, Scarlets, Veluets, Opium and Chickenes.

1649 J. Master Daily Expense-bk. 4 Aug. (1883) 25 For 4 ya. & hal[f] of right french scarlet at 45^s.

1662 J. A. Comenius Janua Linguarum Trilinguis 96 Sattins, damasks, scarlets, cobweb-lawns [etc.].

1796 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iv, in Wks. (1812) IX. 123 An Ambassador, whose robes are lined with a scarlet dyed in the blood of Judges.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 173 Then the trumpets blew Proclaiming his the prize, who wore the sleeve Of scarlet, and the pearls.

a. A brilliant vivid red colour, inclining to orange.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > bright red or scarlet

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coccyn1382

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sinople?c1450

vermeletc1530

lusty gallant1587

vermeil1590

vermeil red1590

minium1601

cinnabar?1614

cochineal1632

poppy red1679

poppy colour1705

cherry-colour1720

ponceau1782

Turkey red1789

pinkc1791

coquelicot1795

poppy1796

cherry-red1802

vermilion-red1815

cardinal scarlet1828

geranium1842

dahlia1846

cardinal red1850

cerise1858

cardinal1874

scarlet-crimson1882

vermilion-scarlet1882

pillar box1894

Turkish red1900

signal red1909

fuchsia1923

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 442/2 Scarlet, colowre, lutus.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 265/2 Scarlet a reed colour.

1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. B5 Which Rubies, Corralls, Scarlets, all For tincture, wonder at.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. iv. 199 His Friend demanding, what Scarlet was? the blind Man answered, It was like the Sound of a Trumpet.

a1734 R. North Life F. North (1742) 237 Scarlet was commonly called the King's Colour.

1788 W. Cowper Gratitude 29 This moveable structure of shelves,..Where flaming in scarlet and gold My poems enchanted I view.

1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters IV. 53 In this chord the scarlet is the most powerful colour.

1894 K. Grahame Pagan Papers 68 A riot of scarlet on gold, the red poppy of our native fields tosses heavy tresses with gipsy abandon.

b. A pigment or dye of this colour. In later use also spec., any one of a certain group of coal-tar colouring matters used in scarlet pigments and dyes.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun] > dyes and dyestuffs

madderOE

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alkanet1343

Brazilc1386

crop-maddera1399

red-scarletc1400

alcanna?a1425

lac?c1425

madder root?c1450

incarnationa1475

jarecork1483

orchil1483

mull1507

orcanet1548

Bristol-red1551

red sanders1553

cochineal1582

safflower1583

chay1588

Pernambuco1595

red sanderswood1598

redwood1634

peach woodc1638

scarlet1653

mesteque1667

bow-dye1676

sylvester1697

corkir1703

gamene1703

orchilla1703

crap1721

saffranon1731

kino1788

Turkey red1789

lizary1791

granilla1812

munjeet1813

rubiate1835

orcein1838

purpurin1839

ruby wood1843

sassafrid1852

aal1853

pink salt1853

magenta1860

fuchsine1865

paeonin1865

safranine1868

corallin1873

marina1874

Magdala red1875

alizarin1878

eosin1879

Turkey red oil1879

roccelline1880

ponceau1885

amarant1888

phloxine1890

hypernic1897

Turkish red1900

Lithol red1930

1653 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. for Year (1678) 333 A ship laden with Persian Carpets, and the ingredients of the rich Scarlet.

1672 W. Salmon Polygraphice 178 For a Scarlet. Take Vermilion, and deepen it with Lake or Indian Red.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede II. ii. xxi. 115 He had already a high reputation in the district for his dyes, and he was bent on discovering some method by which he could reduce the expense of crimsons and scarlets.

1862 C. O'Neill Dict. Calico Printing 61 The best scarlets are still obtained from cochineal alone as colouring matter.

1886 E. Knecht tr. R. Benedikt Chem. Coal-tar Colours 198 The scarlets have replaced cochineal to a considerable extent in wool-dyeing.

3. Official or ceremonial costume of scarlet, as the uniform of a soldier, the gown or robe of a doctor of divinity or law, a judge, a cardinal, etc.; also, the scarlet coat worn in the hunting field (= pink n.⁵ 6). Hence occasionally the rank, dignity, or office signified by a scarlet robe.

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society > authority > office > [noun] > high office

statec1300

scarlet1496

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific purpose > official or ceremonial > scarlet

scarlet1496

society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] > holding high office

high and mighty1576

scarlet1612

dignitary1672

1496 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Var. Coll. (1907) IV. 212 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 3218) LXIV. 1 All they of the xxiiij that hath be maire shall ride in scarlett ayenste the Kynge.

1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 32 For Fortune may as then, make kings as pleaseth her: Since she the riche and noble men, to scarlets can prefer.

1612 B. Jonson Alchemist i. iii. sig. C2^v This Summer. He will be of the Clothing of his company. And, next spring, call'd to the Scarlet .

1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 110 The Lord Maior with his confraternity of Aldermen also mounted and in their Scarlets.

1685 P. Rycaut Continuation 16 in tr. Platina Lives Popes After this he made little account of his Scarlet, or degree of Cardinal.

1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) I. 311 White Kennett..sometimes waited on Dr. Wallis to Church with his skarlett.

1764 Oxf. Sausage 38 The splendid Fortunes and the beauteous Face..Too soon are caught by Scarlet and by Lace.

1885 Field 7 Feb. 147/3 A good man in scarlet is down at the first fence.

1891 W. Morris Poems by Way (1896) 17 What mayor shall rule the hall we built? Whose scarlet sweep the floor?

†a. One who wears a scarlet uniform or insignia; e.g. a judge. Obsolete.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [noun] > one who wears specific coloured clothing > uniform or insignia

scarlet1622

red-breeches1849

1622 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Phylaster (new ed.) v. 72 Doe the Lords bow, and the regarded scarlets, Kisse their gumd gols, and cry we are your seruants?

1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. viii. sig. I^v Open Rebukes are for Magistrates, and Courts of Iustice: for Stelled Chambers, and for Scarlets, in the thronged Hall.

b. occasionally Persons clothed in scarlet; men in the hunting field (cf. pink n.⁵ 6b) or on the golf links; also soldiers in red uniform.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [noun] > one who wears specific coloured clothing

white manOE

greenkin1601

scarleteer1637

scarlet1827

greenshirt1837

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier wearing specific dress > [noun]

brigander1525

whitecoata1538

blue cap1598

green-coat1600

redcoatc1605

blue bonnet1637

greycoat1642

blackguard1745

red-jacket1828

busby-bag1868

red-clout1895

scarlet1896

khaki1899

1827 Sporting Mag. 19 353 The whole field was fairly pounded: I was one among the number, and consider myself a good bit of scarlet too.

1842 G. F. Carnegie Golfiana in R. Clark Golf (1875) 150 He whirls his club to catch the proper swing, And freely bets round all the scarlet ring.

1896 A. E. Housman Shropshire Lad xxxv. 51 Gay the files of scarlet follow.

†5. ? An aristocratic street ruffian, a Mohock.

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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > ruffianly conduct > ruffian > [noun] > frequenting streets > aristocratic

Tityre-tu1623

Mohock?1711

tumbler1712

scarlet1755

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force > frequenting streets > aristocratic

Tityre-tu1623

Mohock?1711

tumbler1712

scarlet1755

1755 J. Shebbeare Lydia (1769) II. 437 I expected to have seen her..encouraging the young bloods, bucks and scarlets at a riot in Drury-lane.

6. Short for scarlet strawberry n. at Compounds 2c.

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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > berry > [noun] > strawberry > types of

hautboy1731

scarlet strawberry1786

scarlet1815

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > strawberry > types of

capron1693

hautboy1731

pine strawberry1754

Alpine1771

scarlet strawberry1786

sow-tit1788

Royal Sovereign1795

pineapple strawberry1796

scarlet1815

1815 Sir J. Banks in Trans. Hort. Soc. London (ed. 2) 1 55.

1824 J. Barnet in Trans. Hort. Soc. London (1826) 6 155 Princess Charlotte's Strawberry..is perhaps the richest of all the Scarlets.

1828 Trans. Hort. Soc. (1830) VII. 345 Old Scarlet.

7. A small moth, Erastria ostrina.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Plusiidae > erastria ostrina

scarlet1832

1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 97 The Scarlet (E. ostrina, Curtis) appears in June.

B. adj. (Originally the noun used attributively.)

a. Having, or pertaining to, the colour scarlet (see A. 2).

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > bright red or scarlet

scarletc1386

puniceousa1398

vermeilc1400

corala1522

Punic?1553

orient1578

vermilion1589

wax-red1593

cherry-red1594

Punical1606

coralline?1608

scarleted1641

coccineous1654

cinnabrianc1668

poppy-coloured1677

miniaceous1688

phoeniceous1688

cherry-coloured1695

coral-red1700

cardinal1755

cherried1762

ponceau1774

punicean1786

cinnabar1807

geraniumed1819

miniatous1826

cardinal scarlet1828

vermilion-coloured1835–6

geranium-coloured1836

pink1846

cardinal red1850

lobster-red1856

phoenicean1857

magenta1877

angered1878

scarlet-vermilion1882

tomato1889

camellia-red1890

miniate1891

nasturtium-red1896

sealing-wax1912

c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 559 Therfore I made my visitacions,..And wered vpon my gaye scarlet gytes.

1436 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 107 All-so I wol that Iohn Melbourne haue my scarlet goune furred with martrouns.

1479 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 415 He to come in..his Skarlat cloke furred.

?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 537 in Shorter Poems (1967) 40 Purpur coulour, punyk and skarlot [1579 Edinb. skarlote] hewis.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. ii. sig. Ii8 Sixe maides, all in one liuerie of skarlette petticotes.

a1633 T. Taylor God's Judgem. (1642) ii. vii. 110 He kept two or three tall fellowes in Skarlet Liveries.

1677 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 386 The chancellour,..and the rest of his retinew, put on scarlet habits.

1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 342 Mine is of Scarlet Cloath with a gold fringe.

1785 W. Cowper Task i. 320 The sycamore, capricious in attire, Now green, now tawny, and ere autumn yet Have chang'd the woods, in scarlet honours bright.

1816 J. Keats To my Brother George 130 The poppies show their scarlet coats.

1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 722 She also now had a scarlet eruption.

b. Clothed in scarlet, wearing a scarlet uniform or distinguishing dress.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing specific coloured clothing

whiteOE

blackc1300

reda1325

yellowa1350

purpureda1382

saffron-mantled1558

saffron robed1558

blue1600

scarleta1616

candidate1616

black-robed1673

swart1688

empurpled1766

blue-clad1767

black-clothed1800

sabled1804

blue-bloused1837

porporate1868

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. iv. 55 Out Tawney-Coates, out Scarlet Hypocrite.

1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 23 The invincible warriour Zeale shaking loosely the slack reins drives over the heads of Scarlet Prelats, and such as are insolent to maintaine traditions.

1902 Words of Eyewitness 3 There is no more universally beloved individual in the world than this same scarlet Atkins.

c. Red with shame or indignation. †Also transferred, blushing, indignant.

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the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [adjective] > with blushing

ruddyc1225

redc1275

flecked1544

rosy1593

scarlet1597

flush1619

flushed1690

mantling1690

overflushed1712

erubescent1736

aflush?1850

1865 S. Baring-Gould Bk. Were-wolves xii. 222 Several times his face had become scarlet, and his eyes had fallen.

1881 W. H. Mallock Romance 19th Cent. II. 120 She flushed scarlet.

in extended use.1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iii. 98 But ere the crowne he lookes for, liue in peace, Ten thousand bloudy crownes of mothers sonnes, Shall ill become the flower of Englands face, Change the complexion of her maid-pale peace, To scarlet indignation.

2. figurative.

a. Of an offence (after Isaiah i. 18), hence occasionally of an offender: Heinous, deep-dyed.

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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > [adjective]

awlyc1200

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scarleta1643

nefandous1649

aversable1663

atrocious1669

frightful1700

flagrant1706

atrocea1734

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unspeakable1831

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > heinous person > [adjective]

flagitiousc1384

arrant1393

errant1393

scarleta1643

atrocious1772

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > extremely wicked > specifically of actions or qualities

strong?c1225

grievousa1300

flagitious1550

grossful1613

scarleta1643

atrocious1669

atrocea1734

purple1905

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > extremely wicked

deepOE

blackOE

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rankc1400

enorm1481

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enormous1593

facinoriousa1616

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facinerose1727

atrocious1772

outraging1895

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iii. ii. 256 [To Wolsey] Thou Scarlet sinne.]

a1643 J. Shute Sarah & Hagar (1649) 206 Who doth forgive..even foul sins, crimson, scarlet iniquities, upon humiliation.

1656 G. Wharton Hemerologium 30 The Final cause [of earthquakes], is a sign of an Angry God, justly provoked by the Scarlet crimes of a sinful People.

1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe II. 92 How Preach up, as thou dost, Vertue and Moderation, when thy self art Scarlet deep tinged with the Highest Crimes?

b. in allusions to the glaring effect of the colour.

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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adjective]

woughc888

litherc893

frakeda900

sinnyc950

unrighteouseOE

baleOE

manOE

unfeleOE

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unblesseda1425

meschant?c1450

naughtyc1460

feculent1471

sinister1474

noughty?1490

ill-deedya1500

pernicious?1533

scelerous1534

naught1536

goodlyc1560

nefarious1567

iron1574

felly1583

paganish1587

improbate1596

malefactious1607

villain1607

infand1608

scelestious1609

illful1613

scelestic1628

inimicitious1641

infandous1645

iniquous1655

improbous1657

malefactory1667

perta1704

iniquitous1726

unracy1782

unredeemed1799

demoralized1800

fetid1805

scarlet1820

gammy1832

nefast1849

disvaluable1942

badass1955

bad-assed1962

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > glaringly or scandalously wicked

flagrant1706

scarlet1820

1820 W. Hazlitt Lect. Dramatic Lit. 16 The deathblow which had been struck at scarlet vice and bloated hypocrisy.

Compounds

C1. General combinations:

(a) Parasynthetic.

scarlet-barred adj.

ΚΠ

1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 227 The Scarlet Barred Gold (Lampronia sanguinella, Stephens).

scarlet-blossomed adj.

ΚΠ

1845 Florist's Jrnl. 6 178 The well-known scarlet-blossomed currant.

scarlet-breasted adj.

ΚΠ

1822 J. Latham Gen. Hist. Birds II. 121 Scarlet-breasted Parrot... Inhabits New-Holland.

scarlet-circled adj.

ΚΠ

1713 A. Pope Windsor-Forest 5 His Purple Crest, and Scarlet-circled Eyes.

scarlet-coated adj.

ΚΠ

1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires iv. 59 So many Sesterces were swallow'd down, To stuff one Scarlet-coated Court Buffoon.

scarlet-coloured adj.

ΚΠ

a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 317 The citie of Rome..may shew her selfe to bee indeed that Scarlet-coloured Harlot, described by John in his Reuelation.

scarlet-crested adj.

ΚΠ

1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 192 Bill dark; scarlet-crested, scarlet-moustached.

scarlet-flowered adj.

ΚΠ

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Lychnis The lesser scarlet flowered Constantinople lychnis.

scarlet-haired adj.

ΚΠ

1872 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 419/1 The Scarlet-Haired Poppy.

scarlet-moustached adj.

(b) Frequent in specific names of animals and plants.

scarlet-chested parrakeet n. (also scarlet-chested parrot) a small blue and green parrot with a red breast, Neophema splendida, found in parts of southern Australia.

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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Psittaciformes (parrots, etc.) > [noun] > genus Neophema (scarlet-chested parrot)

grass parrot1840

scarlet-chested parrakeet1901

1901 A. J. Campbell Nests & Eggs Austral. Birds II. 654 (heading) Scarlet-chested Grass Parrakeet.

1931 N. W. Cayley What Bird is That? 152 Scarlet-chested Parrot... Rarely recorded, then only as isolated pairs.

1938 N. W. Cayley Austral. Parrots 283 I had the pleasure of seeing the Scarlet-chested Parrakeet living happily and breeding freely.

1977 Weekly Times (Melbourne) 19 Jan. 23/3 Mrs Jones (West Hobart) would be interested to hear from any reader who would exchange orange-breasted wax-bills for scarlet-chested parrots.

b. Qualifying the name of a colour.

scarlet-crimson n.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > bright red or scarlet

cockea1382

coccyn1382

coctin1382

vermiliona1400

scarlet-redc1405

sinoper1412

scarletc1440

sinople?c1450

vermeletc1530

lusty gallant1587

vermeil1590

vermeil red1590

minium1601

cinnabar?1614

cochineal1632

poppy red1679

poppy colour1705

cherry-colour1720

ponceau1782

Turkey red1789

pinkc1791

coquelicot1795

poppy1796

cherry-red1802

vermilion-red1815

cardinal scarlet1828

geranium1842

dahlia1846

cardinal red1850

cerise1858

cardinal1874

scarlet-crimson1882

vermilion-scarlet1882

pillar box1894

Turkish red1900

signal red1909

fuchsia1923

1882 Garden 7 Oct. 312/2 Of older self-flowers..Joseph Green, bright scarlet-crimson.

scarlet-red n. and adj.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > bright red or scarlet

cockea1382

coccyn1382

coctin1382

vermiliona1400

scarlet-redc1405

sinoper1412

scarletc1440

sinople?c1450

vermeletc1530

lusty gallant1587

vermeil1590

vermeil red1590

minium1601

cinnabar?1614

cochineal1632

poppy red1679

poppy colour1705

cherry-colour1720

ponceau1782

Turkey red1789

pinkc1791

coquelicot1795

poppy1796

cherry-red1802

vermilion-red1815

cardinal scarlet1828

geranium1842

dahlia1846

cardinal red1850

cerise1858

cardinal1874

scarlet-crimson1882

vermilion-scarlet1882

pillar box1894

Turkish red1900

signal red1909

fuchsia1923

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 458 Hir hosen weeren of fyn Scarlet reed.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ii. sig. B4^v A goodly Lady clad in scarlot red.

a1711 T. Ken Christophil in Wks. (1721) I. 510 She saw the Place where Jesus bled, And dy'd the Turff of Scarlet-red.

1882 Garden 29 July 104/2 It has flowers..of bright scarlet-red hue.

scarlet-vermilion n. and adj.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > bright red or scarlet

scarletc1386

puniceousa1398

vermeilc1400

corala1522

Punic?1553

orient1578

vermilion1589

wax-red1593

cherry-red1594

Punical1606

coralline?1608

scarleted1641

coccineous1654

cinnabrianc1668

poppy-coloured1677

miniaceous1688

phoeniceous1688

cherry-coloured1695

coral-red1700

cardinal1755

cherried1762

ponceau1774

punicean1786

cinnabar1807

geraniumed1819

miniatous1826

cardinal scarlet1828

vermilion-coloured1835–6

geranium-coloured1836

pink1846

cardinal red1850

lobster-red1856

phoenicean1857

magenta1877

angered1878

scarlet-vermilion1882

tomato1889

camellia-red1890

miniate1891

nasturtium-red1896

sealing-wax1912

1882 Garden 25 Mar. 196/2 Many drooping flowers..of a brilliant scarlet-vermilion hue.

C2.

a. Special collocations.

scarlet-day n. (also †scarlet-gown day) an occasion in university or civic life observed by the public wearing of state or official robes of scarlet.

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the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [noun] > special or ceremonial days

Easter terma1387

station day1560

lecture-day1616

scarlet-day1632

charter-day1817

field day1821

Thing-day1875

1632–33 in Publ. Colon. Soc. Mass. VIII. 361 [That the lecturer should preach on all the] scarlet days, as they name them.

1710 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 23) ii. iii. 663* The Scarlet-Gown Days in the University of Oxford.

1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (1726) II. xxxix. 51 He preached it upon a scarlet day, when the vice-chancellor and all the doctors go to church in red.

1888 Daily News 11 June 5/7 In University parlance it was a Scarlet Day.

† scarlet-grain n. Obsolete = alkermes n. 1, cf. kermes n.

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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > [noun] > berry > insect formerly supposed to be berry

scarlet-grain1597

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Coccidae or genus Coccus > coccus ilicus (kermes)

alkermes1547

scarlet-grain1597

kermes1610

kermes insect1841

dyer's bath-

1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1158 The Oke which beareth the scarlet graine is a small tree.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxvii. ix. 280 The berrie Coccum Gnidium, in colour resembleth the Scarlet graine.

scarlet lady n. an abusive epithet applied to the Church of Rome in allusion to Revelation xvii. 1–5.

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society > faith > sect > Christianity > Roman Catholicism > person > [noun] > collective

mother churchOE

mother kirkc1430

whore1530

Lady of Rome1574

Western Church1577

west1586

scarlet whore1590

Lady of Babylon1605

red letter1608

scarlet lady1807

scarlet woman1816

Latinism1920

1807 S. Smith P. Plymley's Lett. ii I will not dispute with you whether the Pope be or be not the Scarlet Lady of Babylon.

1873 Punch 23 Aug. 72/2 Let us be just even to the Scarlet Lady.

Scarlet Lancers n. nickname for the 16th Lancers, from their distinctive red tunic.

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1885 ‘J. S. Winter’ (title) Bootles' Baby: a story of the Scarlet Lancers.

scarlet letter n. chiefly U.S. a representation of the letter A in scarlet cloth which persons convicted of adultery were condemned to wear, as described in the novel by Hawthorne (see quot. 1850); also in figurative and allusive use (cf. brand n. 4b).

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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > adultery > symbol of

scarlet letter1850

society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol > specific symbols > others

Samian letter1616

A1651

Tetragrammaton1656

arrow1744

arrowhead1832

wind1847

scarlet letter1850

sun wheel1865

sacred axe1866

rising sun1868

crow's foot1871

Easter rabbit1881

hexagram1882

sun sign1882

Easter bunny1900

Staffordshire knot1908

sinsigna1914

tectiform1921

padma1954

smiley face1957

happy face1971

lexigram1973

emoticon1988

smiley1989

1850 N. Hawthorne (title) The scarlet letter.

1872 Cincinnati (Ohio) Times & Chron. 28 May 2/1 A grand mass meeting in Gotham the other night consecrated Apollo Hall by unfurling therein the scarlet letter—we mean banner—of Woodhull and Free Love.

1882 Internat. Rev. Mar. 301 Polygamy is the scarlet letter upon the brow of this young commonwealth which proclaims her deep shame and forbids her entrance into the sisterhood of States.

1944 W. J. Carrington Safe Convoy 112 However, a few minutes later when the unwanted visitor arrived, she directed her venomous tongue against the daughter whom she branded from head to foot with verbal scarlet letters.

1965 M. Drabble Millstone 20 I walked around with a scarlet letter embroidered upon my bosom..but the A stood for Abstinence, not for Adultery.

1977 D. Anthony Stud Game xxi. 132 You hard-shelled Baptist prig. You can't see past the scarlet letter, can you?

Scarlet Pimpernel n. (see also scarlet pimpernel n. at Compounds 2c), the name assumed by the hero of a series of novels by Baroness Orczy (1865–1947), a dashing but elusive Englishman who rescued potential victims of the French Reign of Terror, used allusively; also attributive; cf. pimpernel n. 3.

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society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > philanthropist

good doerc1400

well-doerc1400

do-good1654

philanthropist1730

philanthrope1742

humanity-monger1829

philanthropic1839

humanitarian1843

pantophile1876

Scarlet Pimpernel1958

1958 E. H. Clements Uncommon Cold vii. 178 As for cloak-and-dagger work on the moor, what price your family of Scarlet Pimpernels?

1958 Observer 25 May 15/5 George Baker..appears as a Scarlet Pimpernel type.

1961 Guardian 24 May 11/3 A war~time Scarlet Pimpernel organisation which rescued thousands of East European Jews from the Nazis.

1977 M. Drabble Ice Age iii. 287 The image of Anthony as Scarlet Pimpernel, flying out to rescue stepdaughter in distress.

scarlet rash n. a scarlet eruption, symptomatic of certain diseases.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [noun] > roseola

rose drop1559

rosy drop1794

rose rash1805

roseola1807

scarlet rash1822

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 560 The angina gangrænosa (sore throat with scarlet-rash) usually commences in the winter or the spring.

† scarlet runner n. Obsolete Military slang a soldier, with reference to his scarlet jacket; also plural, a scarlet military uniform.

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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > [noun]

thanec893

knightc1175

soldiera1300

osteyoura1450

servitor?1570

marshalman1575

soldado1577

soldat1591

manat1610

camper1631

soldade1634

buff coata1670

swad1708

militaire1746

red herring1789

coolie1803

swaddy1819

swad-gill1819

scarlet runnerc1864

guffy1882

leatherneck1890

pongo1890

hoster1892

swatty1901

file1903

squaddie1933

brown job1943

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific people > for members of a body or association > naval, military, etc. > types of

regimentals1728

undress1748

regiments1759

regimental1764

dress uniform1774

kit1785

roast beef coat1802

butternut1810

frock-uniform1810

fatigue-dress1834

fatigue1836

fatigue-uniform1836

shirtsleeve order1854

grey1862

scarlet runnerc1864

square-rig1875

rig of the day1877

swagger-dress1901

trench coat1914

hospital blue1919

romper1922

suntan1937

battle-dress1938

army greens1945

mess kit1953

tiger suit1970

c1864 W. Brough & ‘A. Halliday’ Area Belle 7 Who are you calling bluebottle?—you scarlet runner!

1920 G. Frankau Peter Jackson vii. 78 ‘A few of our old militia uniforms.’ ‘Not the old scarlet-runners?’... ‘The identical, sir, with the old white facings.’

scarlet ward n. a part of a fever hospital reserved for patients suffering from scarlet fever.

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the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > hospital or infirmary > hospital ward > types of ward

foul ward1734

day ward1801

eye ward1828

casualty ward1836

scarlet ward1888

out-ward1890

observation ward1908

open ward1919

casualty1927

post-op1929

Nightingale ward1930

private1942

surgical1961

SCBU1968

NICU1971

pre-op1991

1888 H. Morten Sketches Hosp. Life 51 The laconic order, ‘To the Scarlet Ward’, is given.

scarlet whore n. = scarlet lady n.

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society > faith > sect > Christianity > Roman Catholicism > person > [noun] > collective

mother churchOE

mother kirkc1430

whore1530

Lady of Rome1574

Western Church1577

west1586

scarlet whore1590

Lady of Babylon1605

red letter1608

scarlet lady1807

scarlet woman1816

Latinism1920

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. viii. sig. H^v Forthwith he gaue in charge vnto his Squyre, That scarlot whore to keepen carefully.

1648 Winyard Midsummer-moone 1 The Scarlet-whore of Babylon spawn'd it with her menstruous profluviums.

1709 Tatler No. 190. ⁋2 Nor yet did that Epistle at all come unto thee from the Mansion-House of the Scarlet Whore.

scarlet woman n. derogatory originally = scarlet lady n. above; later used to mean: a notoriously immoral woman; a prostitute.

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society > faith > sect > Christianity > Roman Catholicism > person > [noun] > collective

mother churchOE

mother kirkc1430

whore1530

Lady of Rome1574

Western Church1577

west1586

scarlet whore1590

Lady of Babylon1605

red letter1608

scarlet lady1807

scarlet woman1816

Latinism1920

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman > unchaste or loose woman

queanOE

whorec1175

malkinc1275

wenchelc1300

ribalda1350

strumpeta1350

wench1362

filtha1375

parnelc1390

sinner14..

callet1415

slut?c1425

tickle-tailc1430

harlot?a1475

mignote1489

kittock?a1500

mulea1513

trulla1516

trully?1515

danta1529

miswoman1528

stewed whore1532

Tib1533

unchaghe1534

flag1535

Katy1535

jillet1541

yaud1545

housewife1546

trinkletc1550

whippet1550

Canace1551

filthy1553

Jezebel1558

kittyc1560

loonc1560

laced mutton1563

nymph1563

limmer1566

tomboy1566

Marian1567

mort1567

cockatrice1568

franion1571

blowze1573

rannell1573

rig1575

Kita1577

poplet1577

light-skirts1578

pucelle1578

harlotry1584

light o' lovea1586

driggle-draggle1588

wagtail1592

tub-tail1595

flirt-gill1597

minx1598

hilding1599

short-heels1599

bona-roba1600

flirt1600

Hiren1600

light-heels1602

roba1602

baggage1603

cousin1604

fricatrice1607

rumbelow1611

amorosa1615

jaya1616

open-taila1618

succubus1622

snaphancea1625

flap1631

buttered bun1638

puffkin1639

vizard1652

fallen woman1659

tomrigg1662

cunt1663

quaedama1670

jilt1672

crack1677

grass-girl1691

sporting girl1694

sportswoman1705

mobbed hood1707

brim1736

trollop1742

trub1746

demi-rep1749

gillyflower1757

lady of easy virtue1766

mot1773

chicken1782

gammerstang1788

buer1807

scarlet woman1816

blowen1819

fie-fie1820

shickster?1834

streel1842

charver1846

trolly1854

bad girl1855

amateur1862

anonyma1862

demi-virgin1864

pickup1871

chippy1885

wish-wife1886

tart1887

tartleta1890

flossy1893

fly girl1893

demi-mondaine1894

floozy1899

slattern1899

scrub1900

demi-vierge1908

cake1909

coozie1912

muff1914

tarty1918

yes-girl1920

radge1923

bike1945

puta1948

messer1951

cooze1955

jamette1965

skeezer1986

slutbag1987

chickenhead1988

ho1988

1816 R. Southey Poet's Pilgrimage to Waterloo ii. iii. 10 (note) I have seen her somewhere called the Scarlet Woman.

1853 T. Parker Theism, Atheism, & Pop. Theol. 131 Atheism turns the soul out of doors, and the flesh has no better time of it; no, has a worse time, with its scarlet woman ‘tinging the pavement with proud wine too good for the tables of pontiffs’.

1867 J. R. Lowell Great Public Char. in Wks. (1890) II. 274 The latter old lady [sc. the Church of Rome] may be the Scarlet Woman, or the Beast with ten horns, if you will.

1919 J. Huneker Painted Veils (1930) 293 The great singing harlot of modern Babylon, a vocal Scarlet Woman.

1924 in H. Havelock Ellis Stud. Psychol. Sex (ed. 3) II. 124 I sought out a scarlet woman in the streets of —— and went home with her.

1977 M. Kenyon Rapist x. 115 ‘Is this me?’ She was holding..a turtle-neck jersey dress... ‘Or would you hazard it's..old-fashioned for the scarlet woman of the bogs?’

b. In names of birds, insects, etc.

scarlet cantharis n. a beetle, Cantharis cardinalis.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Cantharidae > genus Cantharides > cantharis cardinalis

scarlet cantharis1806

1806 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VI. 81 One of the most elegant insects of this genus is the Scarlet Cantharis.

scarlet finch n. Fringilla coccinea (Shaw).

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > other types of

scarlet finch1783

honeyeater1995

1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. 270 Scarlet Finch... Inhabits Sandwich Islands.

scarlet grosbeak n. the Cardinal-bird.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Cardinalinae > genus Cardinalis

red-bird1649

Virginian nightingale1668

hawfinch1673

nutcracker1688

Virginia nightingale1694

cardinal1702

cardinal grosbeak1783

scarlet grosbeak1837

winter redbird1868

1837 J. Gould Birds Europe III. Pl. 206 Scarlet Grosbeak.

scarlet ibis n. Eudocimus ruber, a bird congeneric with the typical Ibis, native in tropical America.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Threskiornithidae (ibises and spoonbills) > member of (ibis) > eudocimus ruber (scarlet ibis)

guara1678

red curlew1731

scarlet ibis1785

1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. ii. 458 Scarlet Ibis.

1835 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. V. 62 I have found the Scarlet Ibis less numerous than even the Glossy Ibis.

1971 Country Life 22 July 220/1 The vivid colouring of the scarlet ibis is as expressive of the South American tropics as the bright colours of macaws and toucans.

scarlet lory n. a name given to several birds of the Parrot-tribe.

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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Psittaciformes (parrots, etc.) > [noun] > genus Lorius (lory) > other types of lory

scarlet lory1751

1751 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds IV. 172 The Scarlet Lory.

1812 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VIII. 533 Psittacus grandis..Scarlet Lory.

scarlet macaw n. Psittacus macao, a parrot native in South America and the West Indies.

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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Psittaciformes (parrots, etc.) > [noun] > genus Ara or macaw

macaw1625

maracana1678

red macaw1704

scarlet macaw1812

1812 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VIII. 386 The Scarlet Maccaw.

scarlet martagon n.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > lilies

lily971

lily-flower1340

martagon1440

delucea1450

red lily1531

purple lily1578

mountain lily1597

gold lily1629

Turk's cap1672

turn-cap1688

Juno's rose1706

orange lily1731

Canada lily1771

Japan lily1813

tiger-lily1824

Annunciation lily1853

Easter lily1860

golden-rayed lily1865

scarlet martagon1867

Japanese lily1870

Madonna lily1877

Bermuda lily1882

thimble lily1883

panther lily1884

triplet lily1884

turban-lily1884

Mary-lily1893

tiger1901

leopard lily1902

lilium1902

swamp lily1902

Washington lily1911

Shasta lily1915

regal lily1916

regale1920

Oregon lily1925

1867 D. Livingstone 6 Jan. in Last Jrnls. (1874) I. vii. 171 Here and there the scarlet martagon.

1892 A. Dobson 18th Cent. Vignettes 146 Scarlet martagon-lilies.

scarlet mite n. Trombidium holosericeum.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Acari or family Acaridae > member of (tick) > family Trombidiidae > trombidium holosericeum (bête rouge)

scarlet mite1826

bête rouge1909

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. 492 The little scarlet mite..(Trombidium holosericeum).

scarlet mussel n. a shellfish (see quot.).

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > miscellaneous types > other types of mollusc

squame1393

shell-worm1591

spout-fish1594

pentadactyl1601

sea cucumber1601

pirot1611

worm1621

nun-fish1661

scarlet mussel1672

sea-navel1678

redcap?1711

strawberry cockle1713

sea-finger1748

sea-nail1748

sea-acorn1755

coneya1757

compass1776

bubble shell1818

glass-shell1851

golden comb1857

cryptodont1893

nuculoid1960

1672 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 7 5022 The Scarlet-Mustle, having a purple-vein, which being prickt with a needle yeilds a perfect Purple or Scarlet Juyce that will not be washt out of the Linnen died therewith.

scarlet rosefinch n. Carpodacus erythrinus (cf. rosefinch n. at rose n.¹ and adj.¹ Compounds 2e).

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Carpodacus (rose-finch)

purple finch1731

house finch1816

rosefinch1840

purple bullfinch1862

scarlet rosefinch1884

1884 H. Seebohm Hist. Brit. Birds II. 47 The Scarlet Rose-finch is not particularly interesting at its breeding-grounds.

1976 J. T. R. Sharrock & E. M. Sharrock Rare Birds Brit. & Irel. 284 Scarlet Rosefinch..breeds from Germany and southern Sweden eastwards to Kamchatka.

scarlet snake n. a name applied to two colubriform snakes of tropical America (see quot.).

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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > miscellaneous types of

grey snake1703

garter-snake1775

boomslang1793

scarlet snake1842

blunt head1869

tiger-snake1869

house snake1870

ground-snake1885

lycodont1887

mole snake1893

sling-snake1895

file snake1912

mussurana1914

1842 J. E. Holbrook N. Amer. Herpetol. III. 127 Rhinostoma coccinea... The Scarlet Snake.

1842 J. E. Holbrook N. Amer. Herpetol. III. 127 The ‘Couleuvre écarlate’ (Scarlet Snake) of Bosc is quite another animal, doubtless the Calamaria elapsoidea.

scarlet sparrow n. Tanagra rubra.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Thraupinae (tanager) > genus Piranga > piranga rubra (summer tanager)

red-bird1649

summer redbird1730

scarlet sparrow1764

summer tanager1781

1764 G. Edwards Gleanings Nat. Hist. III. 278 The Scarlet Sparrow.

scarlet spoonbill n. Platalea ajaja.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Threskiornithidae (ibises and spoonbills) > genus Platalea > platalea ajaja (roseate spoonbill)

roseate spoonbill1785

scarlet spoonbill1819

spatula1872

1819 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XI. 642 Scarlet Spoonbill.

scarlet tanager n. the red-bird n. 1, Pyranga rubra.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Thraupinae (tanager) > genus Piranga > piranga olivacea (scarlet tanager)

red-bird1649

scarlet tanager1808

1808–13 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. (1831) II. 226 Scarlet Tanager.

scarlet tiger n. (also scarlet tiger moth) Hypercampa dominula.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Arctiidae > hypercampa dominula

scarlet tiger1832

1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 42 The Scarlet Tiger (Hypercampa Dominula, Stephens) appears in June.

c. In names of plants and fruits.

scarlet banana n. Musa coccinea.

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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > other fruits > [noun]

tamarind1539

zizypha1546

guava1555

tuna1555

turpentine1562

mango1582

mammee1587

durian1588

lychee1588

sapota1589

fritter1591

mangosteen1598

custard apple1648

longan1655

mammee sapota1657

mammee apple1683

breadfruit1697

coco-plum1699

rambutan1707

pawpaw1709

locust bean1731

sapodilla1750

cherimoya1758

wild lime1767

Otaheite apple1777

narra1779

langsat1783

rose apple1790

cinnamon apple1796

sapota plum1797

bhindi1809

salak1820

gingerbread plum1824

geebung1827

loquat1829

sapodilla plum1830

sage-apple1832

kangaroo-apple1834

karaka-fruit1834

quandong1836

mombin1837

terap1839

zapote1842

tamarind plum1846

prairie pea1848

Barbados-cherry1858

kei-apple1859

Natal plum1859

bullock's heart1866

guava-apple1866

Sierra Leone peach1866

Turkey fig1866

marula1877

scarlet banana1885

Suriname cherry1895

feijoa1898

pear apple1898

ume1918

pepino1922

Chinese gooseberry1925

num-num1926

acerola1954

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > banana > types of

apple of paradise1572

plantain1582

Adam's apple1588

plantain1756

ensete1790

fei1829

Abyssinian banana1859

honey banana1877

scarlet banana1885

Canary banana1889

lady's finger banana1893

Gros Michel1913

honey1938

1885 A. Brassey In Trades 29 The scarlet banana.

scarlet-bean n. = scarlet runner n.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > bean > scarlet runner bean or plant

Turkeybean1690

scarlet-bean1731

runner1772

scarlet runner1786

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > pulse > [noun] > bean > scarlet runner bean

Turkeybean1690

scarlet-bean1731

scarlet runner1786

1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Phaseolus The Scarlet Bean.

1852 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 168 Some scarlet beans that were growing in his own piece of garden.

scarlet cardinal-flower n. Lobelia cardinalis (see cardinal flower n.).

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > bellflowers > lobelia or cardinal flower

rampion1578

cardinal flower1629

scarlet cardinal-flower1698

blue cardinal flower1723

lobelia1739

syphilitic lobelia1786

bloody cardinal1851

scarlet lobelia1874

1698 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 405 American Scarlet Cardinal-Flower.

1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table x. 292 Dream of that winding shore Where scarlet cardinals bloom,—for me no more.

scarlet convolvulus n. Ipomæa coccinea.

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1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. at Scarlet Scarlet-Convolvulus.

scarlet-flowering maple n.

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1788 Encycl. Brit. at Acer Virginian scarlet-flowering maple.

scarlet geranium n. a pelargonium with scarlet blossoms, largely used as a bedding-plant (see geranium n. 2 and pelargonium n.).

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > geranium and allied flowers > geranium

canker1559

bloody cranesbill1634

geranium1760

scarlet geranium1760

pelargonium1813

Tom Thumb1847

fish geranium1865

1760 W. Shenstone Wks. & Lett. III. 315 An antique vase is introduced with a flower and two or three leaves of the scarlet Geranium.

1870 J. Ruskin Lect. Art vi. 162 There are few flowers of which the impression on the eye is more definitely of flat colour, than the scarlet geranium.

scarlet lobelia n. = scarlet cardinal-flower n.

ΘΚΠ

rampion1578

cardinal flower1629

scarlet cardinal-flower1698

blue cardinal flower1723

lobelia1739

syphilitic lobelia1786

bloody cardinal1851

scarlet lobelia1874

1874 J. C. Geikie Life in Woods (ed. 2) xiv. 223 The scarlet lobelia.

scarlet maple n. Acer rubrum.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > maples > [noun]

maple treeOE

maplec1385

plane tree1562

great maple1597

sycamore-tree1597

sycamore1598

sugar-tree1705

sugar maple1731

red maple1767

scarlet maple1768

rock maple1774

white maple1774

silk wood1775

moosewood1778

mountain maple1785

box elder1787

acer1793

sycamore maple1796

mock plane1797

Montpellier maple1797

water maple1803

soft maple1806

sugar-wood1809

swamp maple1810

low maple1813

maple bush1821

Neapolitan maple1833

snake-bark1838

moose-maple1839

sap-tree1843

Manitoba maple1887

Japanese maple1898

curly maple1909

Queensland maple1915

paperbark maple1927

Amur maple1934

1768 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 8) at Acer I have observed, upon cutting off branches from the scarlet Maple in February, a great quantity of a very sweet juice hath flowed out.

1813 H. Muhlenberg Catal. Plantarum Americæ Septentrionalis 95 Scarlet, white, red, or soft maple.

1833 Penny Cycl. I. 79/2 The nursery-men usually call this species the cut-leaved scarlet maple.

1916 E. T. Seton Woodcraft Man. 292 Red, Scarlet, Water, or Swamp Maple... Noted for its flaming crimson foliage in fall, as well as its red leaf-stalks, flowers, and fruit earlier.

scarlet oak n. Q. coccinea of North America, so called from the colour of its foliage in autumn; also †the Holm Oak, Quercus Ilex.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [noun] > holm-oak

prinec1390

ilexa1398

holm1552

holm-tree1565

mast-holm1577

holly-oak1597

holm oak1597

hulver oak1597

scarlet oak1597

oak-holm1601

evergreen oak1629

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [noun] > other oaks

red oakOE

cerre-tree1577

gall-tree1597

robur1601

kermes1605

live oak1610

white oak1610

royal oak1616

swamp-oak1683

grey oak1697

rock oak1699

chestnut oak1703

water oak1709

Spanish oak1716

turkey-oak1717

willow oak1717

iron oak1724

maiden oak1725

scarlet oak1738

black jack1765

post oak1775

durmast1791

mountain chestnut oak1801

quercitron oak1803

laurel oak1810

mossy-cup oak1810

rock chestnut oak1810

pin oak1812

overcup oak1814

overcup white oak1814

bur oak1815

jack oak1816

mountain oak1818

shingle-oak1818

gall-oak1835

peach oak1835

golden oak1838

weeping oak1838

Aleppo oak1845

Italian oak1858

dyer's oak1861

Gambel's Oak1878

maul oak1884

punk oak1884

sessile oak1906

Garry oak1908

roble1908

1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1159 For want of a fit English name, we haue thought good to christen it by the name of Scarlet Oke, or Scarlet Holme Oke: for Ilex is named of some in English Holme.

1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 148 The Scarlet-Oak, or Holm.

1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) (at cited word) Kermes, Found adhering to the bark on the stem and branches of a sort of scarlet oak..growing in Spain.

1882 Garden 13 May 323/3 A specimen of the Scarlet Oak.

scarlet painted-cup n. (see painted cup n. at painted adj. Compounds 2b).

scarlet pea n. (see quot.).

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1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App. at Pea Scarlet Pea,..the English name of a genus of plants, called by Linnæus Glycine.

scarlet pimpernel n. Anagallis arvensis (see pimpernel n. 2).

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > agrimony or lady's mantle or burnet > pimpernel

wayworta1300

pimpernel?a1425

sicklewortc1450

craches1530

margeline1572

wink-a-peep1626

shepherd's sun-dial1823

poor man's, or shepherd's, weather-glass1827

shepherd's weatherglass1827

shepherd's calendar1832

scarlet pimpernel1855

shepherd's dial1865

shepherd's clock1878

shepherd's glass1886

peeper1888

shepherd's hourglass1909

1855 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. IV. 238 Scarlet Pimpernel.

scarlet runner n. (also scarlet runner bean) a red- or white-flowered climbing bean, Phaseolus coccineus, or its edible pods.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > bean > scarlet runner bean or plant

Turkeybean1690

scarlet-bean1731

runner1772

scarlet runner1786

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > pulse > [noun] > bean > scarlet runner bean

Turkeybean1690

scarlet-bean1731

scarlet runner1786

1786 J. Abercrombie Arrangem. Plants p. vii, in Gardeners Daily Assistant A list of kitchen-garden plants... Kidney Bean (Dwarf)..Scarlet Runner.

1806 B. McMahon Amer. Gardener's Cal. 580 Bean, The Dwarf Kidney... Running kinds..Scarlet Runners.

1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) §3634 The scarlet runner ranks first for its prolific property and long continuance in fruit.

1908 Garden 25 Apr. 205/2 Possibly there is not a vegetable grown that is a more general favourite among amateurs than the climbing bean known as the Scarlet Runner.

1969 S. G. Harrison et al. Oxf. Bk. Food Plants 36/1 The Scarlet Runner is by far the most popular green bean in Britain.

scarlet sage n. Salvia fulgens, a native of Mexico (Miller Plant-n. 1884, 245); also S. splendens, a native of Brazil ( Cent. Dict. 1891).

scarlet seed n. a name of two tropical trees (see quot. 1866).

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > of unidentified or unspecified type

scarlet seed1756

1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 368 The Scarlet-Seed.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Scarlet-Seed. Ternströmia obovalis, and Lætia Thamnia.

scarlet strawberry n. any cultivated variety of the Virginian Strawberry, Fragaria virginiana, having scarlet ‘fruit’.

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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > berry > [noun] > strawberry > types of

hautboy1731

scarlet strawberry1786

scarlet1815

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > strawberry > types of

capron1693

hautboy1731

pine strawberry1754

Alpine1771

scarlet strawberry1786

sow-tit1788

Royal Sovereign1795

pineapple strawberry1796

scarlet1815

1786 J. Abercrombie Gardeners Daily Assistant 256 The scarlet strawberry.

scarlet thorn n. Cratægus coccinea.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorny berry-bush > [noun] > hawthorn and allies

hawthorna700

hawthorn-treec1290

whitethorna1300

haw-treec1325

albespyne?a1425

thorn-tree1483

mespilus1548

may-branch1560

quickthorn1571

hedge-bush1576

busket1579

May-bush1579

Neapolitan medlar1597

azarole1658

pyracanth1664

white bush1676

Glastonbury thorna1697

quick1727

evergreen thorn1731

blackthorn1737

whitethorn1788

oriental medlar1797

haw1821

May-haw1840

Maythorn1844

May1848

pear thorn1848

pink thorn1852

aronia thorn1882

scarlet thorn1882

black haw1897

1882 Garden 12 Aug. 145/3 The scarlet Thorn..is a bold, vigorous-growing American species.

Derivatives

ˈscarletness n. rare

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun]

rednesseOE

rudOE

red?c1225

ruddya1387

ruddinessa1398

gulesa1400

rothumc1400

ruddeningc1400

ruddonc1400

rouge1437

rubor?a1450

rossome1527

Mars1572

rubedinousness1599

reddiness1611

scarletness1611

rubetude1657

floridity1713

erubescence1736

floridness1776

fiery1847

raddle1860

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Scarletezza, rednesse, scarletnesse.

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scarlet cup n. a widespread, bright red cup fungus, Sarcoscypha coccinea (formerly Peziza epidendra) (family Sarcoscyphaceae), found on decaying wood; also more fully scarlet cup mushroom.

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1769 J. Wallis Nat. Hist. Northumberland I. viii. 304 (heading) Petiolated, membranceous, scarlet Cup-Mushrome.

1812 J. Evans Beauties Eng. & Wales XVII. 648 A scarlet kind of the order Fungi, Peziza epidendra, or scarlet cup mushroom.

1924 Torreya 24 18 The scarlet cup (Sarcoscypha coccinea) is one of the first [cup fungi] to appear in the spring as soon as the frost is out of the ground.

2011 R. Raymer Spirit of Malaysia 59 (caption) Sarcoscypha coccinea, commonly known as the scarlet elf cup, or the scarlet cup, a fungus found in Taman Negara.

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单词	scarlet
释义	scarletn.adj. /ˈskɑːlɪt/ Forms: Middle English–1600s scarlat, skarlet, Middle English scarleit, scharlette, Middle English–1500s, 1700s scarlett, Middle English scarlatte, scarlad, skarlot, Middle English–1500s scarlot, skarlat, Middle English, 1700s skarlett, 1500s scarlette, skarlette, skarlote, skerlyt, Middle English– scarlet. Etymology: Aphetic < Old French escarlate, noun feminine (modern French écarlate ) = Provençal escarlat (masculine), -ata feminine. In French and Provençal recorded from the 12th cent.; the other Romanic forms are later: Spanish escarlate , escarlata , Portuguese escarlate , escarlata , Italian scarlatto , medieval Latin scarlat(t)um , scarlat(t)a , scarlettum (1204 in Excerpta Historica 393). In Germanic the word appears as Old Norse skarlat , skallat , Middle High German scharlât , early modern Flemish schaerlat ; also, with etymologizing alteration (compare lake n.⁵), Middle High German scharlach(en, Middle Low German, Dutch scharlaken (whence Danish skarlagen, Swedish skarlakan, Icelandic skarlak, skarlakan). From Italian are probably modern Greek σκαρλάτον, Church Slavonic skrŭlato, Serbian skrlet, Turkish iskerlet. If the Old High German scarlahhan , in a gloss explained as ‘shorn cloth’ (rasilis ) be identical with this word (the interpretation as well as the form being due to popular etymology), it is the earliest evidence of its existence. It is hardly possible that this Old High German word can be the source of the Romanic forms. The prevailing view is that Old French escarlate is an alteration of Persian saqalāt , siqalāt , suqlāt , a kind of rich cloth, a derivative of which appears as ciclatoun n. (The form saqirlāt, given in some Arabic dictionaries, is modern and probably adopted from some European language.) A. n. 1. †(a) In early use, some rich cloth, often of a bright red colour, but (according to French, Middle Dutch, and medieval Latin sources) also sometimes of other colours, as ‘pers’, blue, green, brown. Obsolete. (b) In later use, cloth or clothing of the colour described in sense A. 2. †scarlet in grain (scarlet engreyned, grayned scarlet., etc.): cloth fast dyed of a scarlet colour (cf. grain n.¹ 10 and ingrain adj.). It is doubtful whether ‘scarlet and grene’, frequently occurring in Middle English poetry in descriptions of splendid attire, originated in a misunderstanding of this phrase. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric with specific qualities > [noun] > rich or costly pallOE ciclatouna1225 scarletc1250 tars1377 cockea1382 coccyn1382 coctin1382 Welsh scarletc1400 gold tissed1585 checklaton1596 cyclas1834 c1250 Death 10 in Old Eng. Misc. 168 Ȝe þat sittet i-schrud wið skarlet and wið palle. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 6390 A robe he let him ssape uerst of blod red scarlet þere. 13.. K. Alis. 4987 Hy clothen hem with grys and ermyne With golde and siluer and skarlet pers fyne. c1330 (?c1300) Reinbrun (Auch.) in J. Zupitza Guy of Warwick (1891) 632 Scarlet and grene wel y-wrouȝt. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 4463 And we han her scarletes & grene, & cloþes of tarse. c1386 G. Chaucer Sir Thopas 16 His rode is lyk scarlet in grayn. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 25463 Nauþer aske I skarlet ne grene ne purtraied stede. a1400 Morte Arth. 3459 And one he henttis a hode of scharlette fulle riche. 14.. Guy of Warw. 8996 Hys lymmes were bare and euyll beseyn, That some tyme were clad in scarlet in greyne. a1420 Wyclif's N.T., Rev. xviii. 16 Wo! wo! thilke greet citee, that was clothid with bijs and purpur, and reed scarlet. 1480 Coventry Leet Bk. 438 The seid Recordor answered & saide that they shuld not be relesed þerof for þe best pece of scarlet in Englond. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) ix. 23 Huon toke hys cloke of skerlat & wrappyd it about hys arme. 1545 Rates Custome House sig. dvj^v In primus a brode cloth payeth. xii. A scarlette xxxiiii. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. lii^v The Mayre of London..appareled in orient grayned Skarlet. 1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 31 Ships bring cloth of Wooll, Scarlets, Veluets, Opium and Chickenes. 1649 J. Master Daily Expense-bk. 4 Aug. (1883) 25 For 4 ya. & hal[f] of right french scarlet at 45^s. 1662 J. A. Comenius Janua Linguarum Trilinguis 96 Sattins, damasks, scarlets, cobweb-lawns [etc.]. 1796 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iv, in Wks. (1812) IX. 123 An Ambassador, whose robes are lined with a scarlet dyed in the blood of Judges. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 173 Then the trumpets blew Proclaiming his the prize, who wore the sleeve Of scarlet, and the pearls. 2. a. A brilliant vivid red colour, inclining to orange. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > bright red or scarlet cockea1382 coccyn1382 coctin1382 vermiliona1400 scarlet-redc1405 sinoper1412 scarletc1440 sinople?c1450 vermeletc1530 lusty gallant1587 vermeil1590 vermeil red1590 minium1601 cinnabar?1614 cochineal1632 poppy red1679 poppy colour1705 cherry-colour1720 ponceau1782 Turkey red1789 pinkc1791 coquelicot1795 poppy1796 cherry-red1802 vermilion-red1815 cardinal scarlet1828 geranium1842 dahlia1846 cardinal red1850 cerise1858 cardinal1874 scarlet-crimson1882 vermilion-scarlet1882 pillar box1894 Turkish red1900 signal red1909 fuchsia1923 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 442/2 Scarlet, colowre, lutus. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 265/2 Scarlet a reed colour. 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. B5 Which Rubies, Corralls, Scarlets, all For tincture, wonder at. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. iv. 199 His Friend demanding, what Scarlet was? the blind Man answered, It was like the Sound of a Trumpet. a1734 R. North Life F. North (1742) 237 Scarlet was commonly called the King's Colour. 1788 W. Cowper Gratitude 29 This moveable structure of shelves,..Where flaming in scarlet and gold My poems enchanted I view. 1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters IV. 53 In this chord the scarlet is the most powerful colour. 1894 K. Grahame Pagan Papers 68 A riot of scarlet on gold, the red poppy of our native fields tosses heavy tresses with gipsy abandon. b. A pigment or dye of this colour. In later use also spec., any one of a certain group of coal-tar colouring matters used in scarlet pigments and dyes. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun] > dyes and dyestuffs madderOE grain1335 alkanet1343 Brazilc1386 crop-maddera1399 red-scarletc1400 alcanna?a1425 lac?c1425 madder root?c1450 incarnationa1475 jarecork1483 orchil1483 mull1507 orcanet1548 Bristol-red1551 red sanders1553 cochineal1582 safflower1583 chay1588 Pernambuco1595 red sanderswood1598 redwood1634 peach woodc1638 scarlet1653 mesteque1667 bow-dye1676 sylvester1697 corkir1703 gamene1703 orchilla1703 crap1721 saffranon1731 kino1788 Turkey red1789 lizary1791 granilla1812 munjeet1813 rubiate1835 orcein1838 purpurin1839 ruby wood1843 sassafrid1852 aal1853 pink salt1853 magenta1860 fuchsine1865 paeonin1865 safranine1868 corallin1873 marina1874 Magdala red1875 alizarin1878 eosin1879 Turkey red oil1879 roccelline1880 ponceau1885 amarant1888 phloxine1890 hypernic1897 Turkish red1900 Lithol red1930 1653 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. for Year (1678) 333 A ship laden with Persian Carpets, and the ingredients of the rich Scarlet. 1672 W. Salmon Polygraphice 178 For a Scarlet. Take Vermilion, and deepen it with Lake or Indian Red. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede II. ii. xxi. 115 He had already a high reputation in the district for his dyes, and he was bent on discovering some method by which he could reduce the expense of crimsons and scarlets. 1862 C. O'Neill Dict. Calico Printing 61 The best scarlets are still obtained from cochineal alone as colouring matter. 1886 E. Knecht tr. R. Benedikt Chem. Coal-tar Colours 198 The scarlets have replaced cochineal to a considerable extent in wool-dyeing. 3. Official or ceremonial costume of scarlet, as the uniform of a soldier, the gown or robe of a doctor of divinity or law, a judge, a cardinal, etc.; also, the scarlet coat worn in the hunting field (= pink n.⁵ 6). Hence occasionally the rank, dignity, or office signified by a scarlet robe. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > [noun] > high office statec1300 scarlet1496 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific purpose > official or ceremonial > scarlet scarlet1496 society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] > holding high office high and mighty1576 scarlet1612 dignitary1672 1496 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Var. Coll. (1907) IV. 212 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 3218) LXIV. 1 All they of the xxiiij that hath be maire shall ride in scarlett ayenste the Kynge. 1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 32 For Fortune may as then, make kings as pleaseth her: Since she the riche and noble men, to scarlets can prefer. 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist i. iii. sig. C2^v This Summer. He will be of the Clothing of his company. And, next spring, call'd to the Scarlet . View more context for this quotation 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 110 The Lord Maior with his confraternity of Aldermen also mounted and in their Scarlets. 1685 P. Rycaut Continuation 16 in tr. Platina Lives Popes After this he made little account of his Scarlet, or degree of Cardinal. 1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) I. 311 White Kennett..sometimes waited on Dr. Wallis to Church with his skarlett. 1764 Oxf. Sausage 38 The splendid Fortunes and the beauteous Face..Too soon are caught by Scarlet and by Lace. 1885 Field 7 Feb. 147/3 A good man in scarlet is down at the first fence. 1891 W. Morris Poems by Way (1896) 17 What mayor shall rule the hall we built? Whose scarlet sweep the floor? 4. †a. One who wears a scarlet uniform or insignia; e.g. a judge. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [noun] > one who wears specific coloured clothing > uniform or insignia scarlet1622 red-breeches1849 1622 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Phylaster (new ed.) v. 72 Doe the Lords bow, and the regarded scarlets, Kisse their gumd gols, and cry we are your seruants? 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. viii. sig. I^v Open Rebukes are for Magistrates, and Courts of Iustice: for Stelled Chambers, and for Scarlets, in the thronged Hall. b. occasionally Persons clothed in scarlet; men in the hunting field (cf. pink n.⁵ 6b) or on the golf links; also soldiers in red uniform. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [noun] > one who wears specific coloured clothing white manOE greenkin1601 scarleteer1637 scarlet1827 greenshirt1837 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier wearing specific dress > [noun] brigander1525 whitecoata1538 blue cap1598 green-coat1600 redcoatc1605 blue bonnet1637 greycoat1642 blackguard1745 red-jacket1828 busby-bag1868 red-clout1895 scarlet1896 khaki1899 1827 Sporting Mag. 19 353 The whole field was fairly pounded: I was one among the number, and consider myself a good bit of scarlet too. 1842 G. F. Carnegie Golfiana in R. Clark Golf (1875) 150 He whirls his club to catch the proper swing, And freely bets round all the scarlet ring. 1896 A. E. Housman Shropshire Lad xxxv. 51 Gay the files of scarlet follow. †5. ? An aristocratic street ruffian, a Mohock. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > ruffianly conduct > ruffian > [noun] > frequenting streets > aristocratic Tityre-tu1623 Mohock?1711 tumbler1712 scarlet1755 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force > frequenting streets > aristocratic Tityre-tu1623 Mohock?1711 tumbler1712 scarlet1755 1755 J. Shebbeare Lydia (1769) II. 437 I expected to have seen her..encouraging the young bloods, bucks and scarlets at a riot in Drury-lane. 6. Short for scarlet strawberry n. at Compounds 2c. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > berry > [noun] > strawberry > types of hautboy1731 scarlet strawberry1786 scarlet1815 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > strawberry > types of capron1693 hautboy1731 pine strawberry1754 Alpine1771 scarlet strawberry1786 sow-tit1788 Royal Sovereign1795 pineapple strawberry1796 scarlet1815 1815 Sir J. Banks in Trans. Hort. Soc. London (ed. 2) 1 55. 1824 J. Barnet in Trans. Hort. Soc. London (1826) 6 155 Princess Charlotte's Strawberry..is perhaps the richest of all the Scarlets. 1828 Trans. Hort. Soc. (1830) VII. 345 Old Scarlet. 7. A small moth, Erastria ostrina. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Plusiidae > erastria ostrina scarlet1832 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 97 The Scarlet (E. ostrina, Curtis) appears in June. B. adj. (Originally the noun used attributively.) 1. a. Having, or pertaining to, the colour scarlet (see A. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > bright red or scarlet scarletc1386 puniceousa1398 vermeilc1400 corala1522 Punic?1553 orient1578 vermilion1589 wax-red1593 cherry-red1594 Punical1606 coralline?1608 scarleted1641 coccineous1654 cinnabrianc1668 poppy-coloured1677 miniaceous1688 phoeniceous1688 cherry-coloured1695 coral-red1700 cardinal1755 cherried1762 ponceau1774 punicean1786 cinnabar1807 geraniumed1819 miniatous1826 cardinal scarlet1828 vermilion-coloured1835–6 geranium-coloured1836 pink1846 cardinal red1850 lobster-red1856 phoenicean1857 magenta1877 angered1878 scarlet-vermilion1882 tomato1889 camellia-red1890 miniate1891 nasturtium-red1896 sealing-wax1912 c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 559 Therfore I made my visitacions,..And wered vpon my gaye scarlet gytes. 1436 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 107 All-so I wol that Iohn Melbourne haue my scarlet goune furred with martrouns. 1479 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 415 He to come in..his Skarlat cloke furred. ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 537 in Shorter Poems (1967) 40 Purpur coulour, punyk and skarlot [1579 Edinb. skarlote] hewis. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. ii. sig. Ii8 Sixe maides, all in one liuerie of skarlette petticotes. a1633 T. Taylor God's Judgem. (1642) ii. vii. 110 He kept two or three tall fellowes in Skarlet Liveries. 1677 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 386 The chancellour,..and the rest of his retinew, put on scarlet habits. 1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 342 Mine is of Scarlet Cloath with a gold fringe. 1785 W. Cowper Task i. 320 The sycamore, capricious in attire, Now green, now tawny, and ere autumn yet Have chang'd the woods, in scarlet honours bright. 1816 J. Keats To my Brother George 130 The poppies show their scarlet coats. 1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 722 She also now had a scarlet eruption. b. Clothed in scarlet, wearing a scarlet uniform or distinguishing dress. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing specific coloured clothing whiteOE blackc1300 reda1325 yellowa1350 purpureda1382 saffron-mantled1558 saffron robed1558 blue1600 scarleta1616 candidate1616 black-robed1673 swart1688 empurpled1766 blue-clad1767 black-clothed1800 sabled1804 blue-bloused1837 porporate1868 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. iv. 55 Out Tawney-Coates, out Scarlet Hypocrite. View more context for this quotation 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 23 The invincible warriour Zeale shaking loosely the slack reins drives over the heads of Scarlet Prelats, and such as are insolent to maintaine traditions. 1902 Words of Eyewitness 3 There is no more universally beloved individual in the world than this same scarlet Atkins. c. Red with shame or indignation. †Also transferred, blushing, indignant. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [adjective] > with blushing ruddyc1225 redc1275 flecked1544 rosy1593 scarlet1597 flush1619 flushed1690 mantling1690 overflushed1712 erubescent1736 aflush?1850 1865 S. Baring-Gould Bk. Were-wolves xii. 222 Several times his face had become scarlet, and his eyes had fallen. 1881 W. H. Mallock Romance 19th Cent. II. 120 She flushed scarlet. in extended use.1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iii. 98 But ere the crowne he lookes for, liue in peace, Ten thousand bloudy crownes of mothers sonnes, Shall ill become the flower of Englands face, Change the complexion of her maid-pale peace, To scarlet indignation. View more context for this quotation 2. figurative. a. Of an offence (after Isaiah i. 18), hence occasionally of an offender: Heinous, deep-dyed. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > [adjective] awlyc1200 grievousa1300 grilla1300 uglya1300 strongc1300 outrageousa1325 heinousc1374 excessive1393 curseda1400 fella1400 misshapenc1400 rankc1400 monstruousc1425 enorm1481 prodigiousc1487 villainous1489 nefand1490 sceleratea1513 monstrous1531 funestal1538 enormious1545 facinorous1548 flagitious1550 dire1567 bonable1575 felonious1575 bomination1589 unvenial?1589 heathenish1592 enormous1593 villainous1598 nameless1611 pitchy1612 funest1636 funestous1641 scarleta1643 nefandous1649 aversable1663 atrocious1669 frightful1700 flagrant1706 atrocea1734 diabolical1750 unspeakable1831 the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > heinous person > [adjective] flagitiousc1384 arrant1393 errant1393 scarleta1643 atrocious1772 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > extremely wicked > specifically of actions or qualities strong?c1225 grievousa1300 flagitious1550 grossful1613 scarleta1643 atrocious1669 atrocea1734 purple1905 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > extremely wicked deepOE blackOE outrageousa1325 heinousc1374 flagitiousc1384 excessive1393 rankc1400 enorm1481 prodigiousc1487 villainous1489 terriblec1510 sceleratea1513 monstrous1531 enormious1545 facinorous1548 monstruous1562 felonious1575 enormous1593 facinoriousa1616 rounda1638 scarlet1710 facinerose1727 atrocious1772 outraging1895 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iii. ii. 256 [To Wolsey] Thou Scarlet sinne.] a1643 J. Shute Sarah & Hagar (1649) 206 Who doth forgive..even foul sins, crimson, scarlet iniquities, upon humiliation. 1656 G. Wharton Hemerologium 30 The Final cause [of earthquakes], is a sign of an Angry God, justly provoked by the Scarlet crimes of a sinful People. 1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe II. 92 How Preach up, as thou dost, Vertue and Moderation, when thy self art Scarlet deep tinged with the Highest Crimes? b. in allusions to the glaring effect of the colour. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adjective] woughc888 litherc893 frakeda900 sinnyc950 unrighteouseOE baleOE manOE unfeleOE ungoodc1000 unwrasta1122 illc1175 nithec1175 wickc1175 hinderfulc1200 quedec1275 wickedc1275 wondlichc1275 unkindc1325 badc1330 divers1340 wrakefula1350 felonousc1374 flagitiousc1384 lewdc1386 noughta1387 ungoodly1390 unquertc1390 diverse1393 felona1400 imperfectc1400 unfairc1400 unfinec1400 unblesseda1425 meschant?c1450 naughtyc1460 feculent1471 sinister1474 noughty?1490 ill-deedya1500 pernicious?1533 scelerous1534 naught1536 goodlyc1560 nefarious1567 iron1574 felly1583 paganish1587 improbate1596 malefactious1607 villain1607 infand1608 scelestious1609 illful1613 scelestic1628 inimicitious1641 infandous1645 iniquous1655 improbous1657 malefactory1667 perta1704 iniquitous1726 unracy1782 unredeemed1799 demoralized1800 fetid1805 scarlet1820 gammy1832 nefast1849 disvaluable1942 badass1955 bad-assed1962 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > glaringly or scandalously wicked flagrant1706 scarlet1820 1820 W. Hazlitt Lect. Dramatic Lit. 16 The deathblow which had been struck at scarlet vice and bloated hypocrisy. Compounds C1. General combinations: a. (a) Parasynthetic. scarlet-barred adj. ΚΠ 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 227 The Scarlet Barred Gold (Lampronia sanguinella, Stephens). scarlet-blossomed adj. ΚΠ 1845 Florist's Jrnl. 6 178 The well-known scarlet-blossomed currant. scarlet-breasted adj. ΚΠ 1822 J. Latham Gen. Hist. Birds II. 121 Scarlet-breasted Parrot... Inhabits New-Holland. scarlet-circled adj. ΚΠ 1713 A. Pope Windsor-Forest 5 His Purple Crest, and Scarlet-circled Eyes. scarlet-coated adj. ΚΠ 1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires iv. 59 So many Sesterces were swallow'd down, To stuff one Scarlet-coated Court Buffoon. scarlet-coloured adj. ΚΠ a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 317 The citie of Rome..may shew her selfe to bee indeed that Scarlet-coloured Harlot, described by John in his Reuelation. scarlet-crested adj. ΚΠ 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 192 Bill dark; scarlet-crested, scarlet-moustached. scarlet-flowered adj. ΚΠ 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Lychnis The lesser scarlet flowered Constantinople lychnis. scarlet-haired adj. ΚΠ 1872 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 419/1 The Scarlet-Haired Poppy. scarlet-moustached adj. (b) Frequent in specific names of animals and plants. scarlet-chested parrakeet n. (also scarlet-chested parrot) a small blue and green parrot with a red breast, Neophema splendida, found in parts of southern Australia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Psittaciformes (parrots, etc.) > [noun] > genus Neophema (scarlet-chested parrot) grass parrot1840 scarlet-chested parrakeet1901 1901 A. J. Campbell Nests & Eggs Austral. Birds II. 654 (heading) Scarlet-chested Grass Parrakeet. 1931 N. W. Cayley What Bird is That? 152 Scarlet-chested Parrot... Rarely recorded, then only as isolated pairs. 1938 N. W. Cayley Austral. Parrots 283 I had the pleasure of seeing the Scarlet-chested Parrakeet living happily and breeding freely. 1977 Weekly Times (Melbourne) 19 Jan. 23/3 Mrs Jones (West Hobart) would be interested to hear from any reader who would exchange orange-breasted wax-bills for scarlet-chested parrots. b. Qualifying the name of a colour. scarlet-crimson n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > bright red or scarlet cockea1382 coccyn1382 coctin1382 vermiliona1400 scarlet-redc1405 sinoper1412 scarletc1440 sinople?c1450 vermeletc1530 lusty gallant1587 vermeil1590 vermeil red1590 minium1601 cinnabar?1614 cochineal1632 poppy red1679 poppy colour1705 cherry-colour1720 ponceau1782 Turkey red1789 pinkc1791 coquelicot1795 poppy1796 cherry-red1802 vermilion-red1815 cardinal scarlet1828 geranium1842 dahlia1846 cardinal red1850 cerise1858 cardinal1874 scarlet-crimson1882 vermilion-scarlet1882 pillar box1894 Turkish red1900 signal red1909 fuchsia1923 1882 Garden 7 Oct. 312/2 Of older self-flowers..Joseph Green, bright scarlet-crimson. scarlet-red n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > bright red or scarlet cockea1382 coccyn1382 coctin1382 vermiliona1400 scarlet-redc1405 sinoper1412 scarletc1440 sinople?c1450 vermeletc1530 lusty gallant1587 vermeil1590 vermeil red1590 minium1601 cinnabar?1614 cochineal1632 poppy red1679 poppy colour1705 cherry-colour1720 ponceau1782 Turkey red1789 pinkc1791 coquelicot1795 poppy1796 cherry-red1802 vermilion-red1815 cardinal scarlet1828 geranium1842 dahlia1846 cardinal red1850 cerise1858 cardinal1874 scarlet-crimson1882 vermilion-scarlet1882 pillar box1894 Turkish red1900 signal red1909 fuchsia1923 c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 458 Hir hosen weeren of fyn Scarlet reed. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ii. sig. B4^v A goodly Lady clad in scarlot red. a1711 T. Ken Christophil in Wks. (1721) I. 510 She saw the Place where Jesus bled, And dy'd the Turff of Scarlet-red. 1882 Garden 29 July 104/2 It has flowers..of bright scarlet-red hue. scarlet-vermilion n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > bright red or scarlet scarletc1386 puniceousa1398 vermeilc1400 corala1522 Punic?1553 orient1578 vermilion1589 wax-red1593 cherry-red1594 Punical1606 coralline?1608 scarleted1641 coccineous1654 cinnabrianc1668 poppy-coloured1677 miniaceous1688 phoeniceous1688 cherry-coloured1695 coral-red1700 cardinal1755 cherried1762 ponceau1774 punicean1786 cinnabar1807 geraniumed1819 miniatous1826 cardinal scarlet1828 vermilion-coloured1835–6 geranium-coloured1836 pink1846 cardinal red1850 lobster-red1856 phoenicean1857 magenta1877 angered1878 scarlet-vermilion1882 tomato1889 camellia-red1890 miniate1891 nasturtium-red1896 sealing-wax1912 1882 Garden 25 Mar. 196/2 Many drooping flowers..of a brilliant scarlet-vermilion hue. C2. a. Special collocations. scarlet-day n. (also †scarlet-gown day) an occasion in university or civic life observed by the public wearing of state or official robes of scarlet. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [noun] > special or ceremonial days Easter terma1387 station day1560 lecture-day1616 scarlet-day1632 charter-day1817 field day1821 Thing-day1875 1632–33 in Publ. Colon. Soc. Mass. VIII. 361 [That the lecturer should preach on all the] scarlet days, as they name them. 1710 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 23) ii. iii. 663* The Scarlet-Gown Days in the University of Oxford. 1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (1726) II. xxxix. 51 He preached it upon a scarlet day, when the vice-chancellor and all the doctors go to church in red. 1888 Daily News 11 June 5/7 In University parlance it was a Scarlet Day. † scarlet-grain n. Obsolete = alkermes n. 1, cf. kermes n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > [noun] > berry > insect formerly supposed to be berry scarlet-grain1597 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Coccidae or genus Coccus > coccus ilicus (kermes) alkermes1547 scarlet-grain1597 kermes1610 kermes insect1841 dyer's bath- 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1158 The Oke which beareth the scarlet graine is a small tree. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxvii. ix. 280 The berrie Coccum Gnidium, in colour resembleth the Scarlet graine. scarlet lady n. an abusive epithet applied to the Church of Rome in allusion to Revelation xvii. 1–5. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Roman Catholicism > person > [noun] > collective mother churchOE mother kirkc1430 whore1530 Lady of Rome1574 Western Church1577 west1586 scarlet whore1590 Lady of Babylon1605 red letter1608 scarlet lady1807 scarlet woman1816 Latinism1920 1807 S. Smith P. Plymley's Lett. ii I will not dispute with you whether the Pope be or be not the Scarlet Lady of Babylon. 1873 Punch 23 Aug. 72/2 Let us be just even to the Scarlet Lady. Scarlet Lancers n. nickname for the 16th Lancers, from their distinctive red tunic. ΚΠ 1885 ‘J. S. Winter’ (title) Bootles' Baby: a story of the Scarlet Lancers. scarlet letter n. chiefly U.S. a representation of the letter A in scarlet cloth which persons convicted of adultery were condemned to wear, as described in the novel by Hawthorne (see quot. 1850); also in figurative and allusive use (cf. brand n. 4b). ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > adultery > symbol of scarlet letter1850 society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol > specific symbols > others Samian letter1616 A1651 Tetragrammaton1656 arrow1744 arrowhead1832 wind1847 scarlet letter1850 sun wheel1865 sacred axe1866 rising sun1868 crow's foot1871 Easter rabbit1881 hexagram1882 sun sign1882 Easter bunny1900 Staffordshire knot1908 sinsigna1914 tectiform1921 padma1954 smiley face1957 happy face1971 lexigram1973 emoticon1988 smiley1989 1850 N. Hawthorne (title) The scarlet letter. 1872 Cincinnati (Ohio) Times & Chron. 28 May 2/1 A grand mass meeting in Gotham the other night consecrated Apollo Hall by unfurling therein the scarlet letter—we mean banner—of Woodhull and Free Love. 1882 Internat. Rev. Mar. 301 Polygamy is the scarlet letter upon the brow of this young commonwealth which proclaims her deep shame and forbids her entrance into the sisterhood of States. 1944 W. J. Carrington Safe Convoy 112 However, a few minutes later when the unwanted visitor arrived, she directed her venomous tongue against the daughter whom she branded from head to foot with verbal scarlet letters. 1965 M. Drabble Millstone 20 I walked around with a scarlet letter embroidered upon my bosom..but the A stood for Abstinence, not for Adultery. 1977 D. Anthony Stud Game xxi. 132 You hard-shelled Baptist prig. You can't see past the scarlet letter, can you? Scarlet Pimpernel n. (see also scarlet pimpernel n. at Compounds 2c), the name assumed by the hero of a series of novels by Baroness Orczy (1865–1947), a dashing but elusive Englishman who rescued potential victims of the French Reign of Terror, used allusively; also attributive; cf. pimpernel n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > philanthropist good doerc1400 well-doerc1400 do-good1654 philanthropist1730 philanthrope1742 humanity-monger1829 philanthropic1839 humanitarian1843 pantophile1876 Scarlet Pimpernel1958 1958 E. H. Clements Uncommon Cold vii. 178 As for cloak-and-dagger work on the moor, what price your family of Scarlet Pimpernels? 1958 Observer 25 May 15/5 George Baker..appears as a Scarlet Pimpernel type. 1961 Guardian 24 May 11/3 A war~time Scarlet Pimpernel organisation which rescued thousands of East European Jews from the Nazis. 1977 M. Drabble Ice Age iii. 287 The image of Anthony as Scarlet Pimpernel, flying out to rescue stepdaughter in distress. scarlet rash n. a scarlet eruption, symptomatic of certain diseases. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [noun] > roseola rose drop1559 rosy drop1794 rose rash1805 roseola1807 scarlet rash1822 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 560 The angina gangrænosa (sore throat with scarlet-rash) usually commences in the winter or the spring. † scarlet runner n. Obsolete Military slang a soldier, with reference to his scarlet jacket; also plural, a scarlet military uniform. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > [noun] thanec893 knightc1175 soldiera1300 osteyoura1450 servitor?1570 marshalman1575 soldado1577 soldat1591 manat1610 camper1631 soldade1634 buff coata1670 swad1708 militaire1746 red herring1789 coolie1803 swaddy1819 swad-gill1819 scarlet runnerc1864 guffy1882 leatherneck1890 pongo1890 hoster1892 swatty1901 file1903 squaddie1933 brown job1943 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific people > for members of a body or association > naval, military, etc. > types of regimentals1728 undress1748 regiments1759 regimental1764 dress uniform1774 kit1785 roast beef coat1802 butternut1810 frock-uniform1810 fatigue-dress1834 fatigue1836 fatigue-uniform1836 shirtsleeve order1854 grey1862 scarlet runnerc1864 square-rig1875 rig of the day1877 swagger-dress1901 trench coat1914 hospital blue1919 romper1922 suntan1937 battle-dress1938 army greens1945 mess kit1953 tiger suit1970 c1864 W. Brough & ‘A. Halliday’ Area Belle 7 Who are you calling bluebottle?—you scarlet runner! 1920 G. Frankau Peter Jackson vii. 78 ‘A few of our old militia uniforms.’ ‘Not the old scarlet-runners?’... ‘The identical, sir, with the old white facings.’ scarlet ward n. a part of a fever hospital reserved for patients suffering from scarlet fever. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > hospital or infirmary > hospital ward > types of ward foul ward1734 day ward1801 eye ward1828 casualty ward1836 scarlet ward1888 out-ward1890 observation ward1908 open ward1919 casualty1927 post-op1929 Nightingale ward1930 private1942 surgical1961 SCBU1968 NICU1971 pre-op1991 1888 H. Morten Sketches Hosp. Life 51 The laconic order, ‘To the Scarlet Ward’, is given. scarlet whore n. = scarlet lady n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Roman Catholicism > person > [noun] > collective mother churchOE mother kirkc1430 whore1530 Lady of Rome1574 Western Church1577 west1586 scarlet whore1590 Lady of Babylon1605 red letter1608 scarlet lady1807 scarlet woman1816 Latinism1920 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. viii. sig. H^v Forthwith he gaue in charge vnto his Squyre, That scarlot whore to keepen carefully. 1648 Winyard Midsummer-moone 1 The Scarlet-whore of Babylon spawn'd it with her menstruous profluviums. 1709 Tatler No. 190. ⁋2 Nor yet did that Epistle at all come unto thee from the Mansion-House of the Scarlet Whore. scarlet woman n. derogatory originally = scarlet lady n. above; later used to mean: a notoriously immoral woman; a prostitute. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Roman Catholicism > person > [noun] > collective mother churchOE mother kirkc1430 whore1530 Lady of Rome1574 Western Church1577 west1586 scarlet whore1590 Lady of Babylon1605 red letter1608 scarlet lady1807 scarlet woman1816 Latinism1920 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman > unchaste or loose woman queanOE whorec1175 malkinc1275 wenchelc1300 ribalda1350 strumpeta1350 wench1362 filtha1375 parnelc1390 sinner14.. callet1415 slut?c1425 tickle-tailc1430 harlot?a1475 mignote1489 kittock?a1500 mulea1513 trulla1516 trully?1515 danta1529 miswoman1528 stewed whore1532 Tib1533 unchaghe1534 flag1535 Katy1535 jillet1541 yaud1545 housewife1546 trinkletc1550 whippet1550 Canace1551 filthy1553 Jezebel1558 kittyc1560 loonc1560 laced mutton1563 nymph1563 limmer1566 tomboy1566 Marian1567 mort1567 cockatrice1568 franion1571 blowze1573 rannell1573 rig1575 Kita1577 poplet1577 light-skirts1578 pucelle1578 harlotry1584 light o' lovea1586 driggle-draggle1588 wagtail1592 tub-tail1595 flirt-gill1597 minx1598 hilding1599 short-heels1599 bona-roba1600 flirt1600 Hiren1600 light-heels1602 roba1602 baggage1603 cousin1604 fricatrice1607 rumbelow1611 amorosa1615 jaya1616 open-taila1618 succubus1622 snaphancea1625 flap1631 buttered bun1638 puffkin1639 vizard1652 fallen woman1659 tomrigg1662 cunt1663 quaedama1670 jilt1672 crack1677 grass-girl1691 sporting girl1694 sportswoman1705 mobbed hood1707 brim1736 trollop1742 trub1746 demi-rep1749 gillyflower1757 lady of easy virtue1766 mot1773 chicken1782 gammerstang1788 buer1807 scarlet woman1816 blowen1819 fie-fie1820 shickster?1834 streel1842 charver1846 trolly1854 bad girl1855 amateur1862 anonyma1862 demi-virgin1864 pickup1871 chippy1885 wish-wife1886 tart1887 tartleta1890 flossy1893 fly girl1893 demi-mondaine1894 floozy1899 slattern1899 scrub1900 demi-vierge1908 cake1909 coozie1912 muff1914 tarty1918 yes-girl1920 radge1923 bike1945 puta1948 messer1951 cooze1955 jamette1965 skeezer1986 slutbag1987 chickenhead1988 ho1988 1816 R. Southey Poet's Pilgrimage to Waterloo ii. iii. 10 (note) I have seen her somewhere called the Scarlet Woman. 1853 T. Parker Theism, Atheism, & Pop. Theol. 131 Atheism turns the soul out of doors, and the flesh has no better time of it; no, has a worse time, with its scarlet woman ‘tinging the pavement with proud wine too good for the tables of pontiffs’. 1867 J. R. Lowell Great Public Char. in Wks. (1890) II. 274 The latter old lady [sc. the Church of Rome] may be the Scarlet Woman, or the Beast with ten horns, if you will. 1919 J. Huneker Painted Veils (1930) 293 The great singing harlot of modern Babylon, a vocal Scarlet Woman. 1924 in H. Havelock Ellis Stud. Psychol. Sex (ed. 3) II. 124 I sought out a scarlet woman in the streets of —— and went home with her. 1977 M. Kenyon Rapist x. 115 ‘Is this me?’ She was holding..a turtle-neck jersey dress... ‘Or would you hazard it's..old-fashioned for the scarlet woman of the bogs?’ b. In names of birds, insects, etc. scarlet cantharis n. a beetle, Cantharis cardinalis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Cantharidae > genus Cantharides > cantharis cardinalis scarlet cantharis1806 1806 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VI. 81 One of the most elegant insects of this genus is the Scarlet Cantharis. scarlet finch n. Fringilla coccinea (Shaw). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > other types of scarlet finch1783 honeyeater1995 1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. 270 Scarlet Finch... Inhabits Sandwich Islands. scarlet grosbeak n. the Cardinal-bird. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Cardinalinae > genus Cardinalis red-bird1649 Virginian nightingale1668 hawfinch1673 nutcracker1688 Virginia nightingale1694 cardinal1702 cardinal grosbeak1783 scarlet grosbeak1837 winter redbird1868 1837 J. Gould Birds Europe III. Pl. 206 Scarlet Grosbeak. scarlet ibis n. Eudocimus ruber, a bird congeneric with the typical Ibis, native in tropical America. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Threskiornithidae (ibises and spoonbills) > member of (ibis) > eudocimus ruber (scarlet ibis) guara1678 red curlew1731 scarlet ibis1785 1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. ii. 458 Scarlet Ibis. 1835 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. V. 62 I have found the Scarlet Ibis less numerous than even the Glossy Ibis. 1971 Country Life 22 July 220/1 The vivid colouring of the scarlet ibis is as expressive of the South American tropics as the bright colours of macaws and toucans. scarlet lory n. a name given to several birds of the Parrot-tribe. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Psittaciformes (parrots, etc.) > [noun] > genus Lorius (lory) > other types of lory scarlet lory1751 1751 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds IV. 172 The Scarlet Lory. 1812 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VIII. 533 Psittacus grandis..Scarlet Lory. scarlet macaw n. Psittacus macao, a parrot native in South America and the West Indies. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Psittaciformes (parrots, etc.) > [noun] > genus Ara or macaw macaw1625 maracana1678 red macaw1704 scarlet macaw1812 1812 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VIII. 386 The Scarlet Maccaw. scarlet martagon n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > lilies lily971 lily-flower1340 martagon1440 delucea1450 red lily1531 purple lily1578 mountain lily1597 gold lily1629 Turk's cap1672 turn-cap1688 Juno's rose1706 orange lily1731 Canada lily1771 Japan lily1813 tiger-lily1824 Annunciation lily1853 Easter lily1860 golden-rayed lily1865 scarlet martagon1867 Japanese lily1870 Madonna lily1877 Bermuda lily1882 thimble lily1883 panther lily1884 triplet lily1884 turban-lily1884 Mary-lily1893 tiger1901 leopard lily1902 lilium1902 swamp lily1902 Washington lily1911 Shasta lily1915 regal lily1916 regale1920 Oregon lily1925 1867 D. Livingstone 6 Jan. in Last Jrnls. (1874) I. vii. 171 Here and there the scarlet martagon. 1892 A. Dobson 18th Cent. Vignettes 146 Scarlet martagon-lilies. scarlet mite n. Trombidium holosericeum. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Acari or family Acaridae > member of (tick) > family Trombidiidae > trombidium holosericeum (bête rouge) scarlet mite1826 bête rouge1909 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. 492 The little scarlet mite..(Trombidium holosericeum). scarlet mussel n. a shellfish (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > miscellaneous types > other types of mollusc squame1393 shell-worm1591 spout-fish1594 pentadactyl1601 sea cucumber1601 pirot1611 worm1621 nun-fish1661 scarlet mussel1672 sea-navel1678 redcap?1711 strawberry cockle1713 sea-finger1748 sea-nail1748 sea-acorn1755 coneya1757 compass1776 bubble shell1818 glass-shell1851 golden comb1857 cryptodont1893 nuculoid1960 1672 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 7 5022 The Scarlet-Mustle, having a purple-vein, which being prickt with a needle yeilds a perfect Purple or Scarlet Juyce that will not be washt out of the Linnen died therewith. scarlet rosefinch n. Carpodacus erythrinus (cf. rosefinch n. at rose n.¹ and adj.¹ Compounds 2e). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Carpodacus (rose-finch) purple finch1731 house finch1816 rosefinch1840 purple bullfinch1862 scarlet rosefinch1884 1884 H. Seebohm Hist. Brit. Birds II. 47 The Scarlet Rose-finch is not particularly interesting at its breeding-grounds. 1976 J. T. R. Sharrock & E. M. Sharrock Rare Birds Brit. & Irel. 284 Scarlet Rosefinch..breeds from Germany and southern Sweden eastwards to Kamchatka. scarlet snake n. a name applied to two colubriform snakes of tropical America (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > miscellaneous types of grey snake1703 garter-snake1775 boomslang1793 scarlet snake1842 blunt head1869 tiger-snake1869 house snake1870 ground-snake1885 lycodont1887 mole snake1893 sling-snake1895 file snake1912 mussurana1914 1842 J. E. Holbrook N. Amer. Herpetol. III. 127 Rhinostoma coccinea... The Scarlet Snake. 1842 J. E. Holbrook N. Amer. Herpetol. III. 127 The ‘Couleuvre écarlate’ (Scarlet Snake) of Bosc is quite another animal, doubtless the Calamaria elapsoidea. scarlet sparrow n. Tanagra rubra. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Thraupinae (tanager) > genus Piranga > piranga rubra (summer tanager) red-bird1649 summer redbird1730 scarlet sparrow1764 summer tanager1781 1764 G. Edwards Gleanings Nat. Hist. III. 278 The Scarlet Sparrow. scarlet spoonbill n. Platalea ajaja. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Threskiornithidae (ibises and spoonbills) > genus Platalea > platalea ajaja (roseate spoonbill) roseate spoonbill1785 scarlet spoonbill1819 spatula1872 1819 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XI. 642 Scarlet Spoonbill. scarlet tanager n. the red-bird n. 1, Pyranga rubra. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Thraupinae (tanager) > genus Piranga > piranga olivacea (scarlet tanager) red-bird1649 scarlet tanager1808 1808–13 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. (1831) II. 226 Scarlet Tanager. scarlet tiger n. (also scarlet tiger moth) Hypercampa dominula. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Arctiidae > hypercampa dominula scarlet tiger1832 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 42 The Scarlet Tiger (Hypercampa Dominula, Stephens) appears in June. c. In names of plants and fruits. scarlet banana n. Musa coccinea. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > other fruits > [noun] tamarind1539 zizypha1546 guava1555 tuna1555 turpentine1562 mango1582 mammee1587 durian1588 lychee1588 sapota1589 fritter1591 mangosteen1598 custard apple1648 longan1655 mammee sapota1657 mammee apple1683 breadfruit1697 coco-plum1699 rambutan1707 pawpaw1709 locust bean1731 sapodilla1750 cherimoya1758 wild lime1767 Otaheite apple1777 narra1779 langsat1783 rose apple1790 cinnamon apple1796 sapota plum1797 bhindi1809 salak1820 gingerbread plum1824 geebung1827 loquat1829 sapodilla plum1830 sage-apple1832 kangaroo-apple1834 karaka-fruit1834 quandong1836 mombin1837 terap1839 zapote1842 tamarind plum1846 prairie pea1848 Barbados-cherry1858 kei-apple1859 Natal plum1859 bullock's heart1866 guava-apple1866 Sierra Leone peach1866 Turkey fig1866 marula1877 scarlet banana1885 Suriname cherry1895 feijoa1898 pear apple1898 ume1918 pepino1922 Chinese gooseberry1925 num-num1926 acerola1954 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > banana > types of apple of paradise1572 plantain1582 Adam's apple1588 plantain1756 ensete1790 fei1829 Abyssinian banana1859 honey banana1877 scarlet banana1885 Canary banana1889 lady's finger banana1893 Gros Michel1913 honey1938 1885 A. Brassey In Trades 29 The scarlet banana. scarlet-bean n. = scarlet runner n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > bean > scarlet runner bean or plant Turkeybean1690 scarlet-bean1731 runner1772 scarlet runner1786 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > pulse > [noun] > bean > scarlet runner bean Turkeybean1690 scarlet-bean1731 scarlet runner1786 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Phaseolus The Scarlet Bean. 1852 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 168 Some scarlet beans that were growing in his own piece of garden. scarlet cardinal-flower n. Lobelia cardinalis (see cardinal flower n.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > bellflowers > lobelia or cardinal flower rampion1578 cardinal flower1629 scarlet cardinal-flower1698 blue cardinal flower1723 lobelia1739 syphilitic lobelia1786 bloody cardinal1851 scarlet lobelia1874 1698 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 405 American Scarlet Cardinal-Flower. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table x. 292 Dream of that winding shore Where scarlet cardinals bloom,—for me no more. scarlet convolvulus n. Ipomæa coccinea. ΚΠ 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. at Scarlet Scarlet-Convolvulus. scarlet-flowering maple n. ΚΠ 1788 Encycl. Brit. at Acer Virginian scarlet-flowering maple. scarlet geranium n. a pelargonium with scarlet blossoms, largely used as a bedding-plant (see geranium n. 2 and pelargonium n.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > geranium and allied flowers > geranium canker1559 bloody cranesbill1634 geranium1760 scarlet geranium1760 pelargonium1813 Tom Thumb1847 fish geranium1865 1760 W. Shenstone Wks. & Lett. III. 315 An antique vase is introduced with a flower and two or three leaves of the scarlet Geranium. 1870 J. Ruskin Lect. Art vi. 162 There are few flowers of which the impression on the eye is more definitely of flat colour, than the scarlet geranium. scarlet lobelia n. = scarlet cardinal-flower n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > bellflowers > lobelia or cardinal flower rampion1578 cardinal flower1629 scarlet cardinal-flower1698 blue cardinal flower1723 lobelia1739 syphilitic lobelia1786 bloody cardinal1851 scarlet lobelia1874 1874 J. C. Geikie Life in Woods (ed. 2) xiv. 223 The scarlet lobelia. scarlet maple n. Acer rubrum. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > maples > [noun] maple treeOE maplec1385 plane tree1562 great maple1597 sycamore-tree1597 sycamore1598 sugar-tree1705 sugar maple1731 red maple1767 scarlet maple1768 rock maple1774 white maple1774 silk wood1775 moosewood1778 mountain maple1785 box elder1787 acer1793 sycamore maple1796 mock plane1797 Montpellier maple1797 water maple1803 soft maple1806 sugar-wood1809 swamp maple1810 low maple1813 maple bush1821 Neapolitan maple1833 snake-bark1838 moose-maple1839 sap-tree1843 Manitoba maple1887 Japanese maple1898 curly maple1909 Queensland maple1915 paperbark maple1927 Amur maple1934 1768 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 8) at Acer I have observed, upon cutting off branches from the scarlet Maple in February, a great quantity of a very sweet juice hath flowed out. 1813 H. Muhlenberg Catal. Plantarum Americæ Septentrionalis 95 Scarlet, white, red, or soft maple. 1833 Penny Cycl. I. 79/2 The nursery-men usually call this species the cut-leaved scarlet maple. 1916 E. T. Seton Woodcraft Man. 292 Red, Scarlet, Water, or Swamp Maple... Noted for its flaming crimson foliage in fall, as well as its red leaf-stalks, flowers, and fruit earlier. scarlet oak n. Q. coccinea of North America, so called from the colour of its foliage in autumn; also †the Holm Oak, Quercus Ilex. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [noun] > holm-oak prinec1390 ilexa1398 holm1552 holm-tree1565 mast-holm1577 holly-oak1597 holm oak1597 hulver oak1597 scarlet oak1597 oak-holm1601 evergreen oak1629 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [noun] > other oaks red oakOE cerre-tree1577 gall-tree1597 robur1601 kermes1605 live oak1610 white oak1610 royal oak1616 swamp-oak1683 grey oak1697 rock oak1699 chestnut oak1703 water oak1709 Spanish oak1716 turkey-oak1717 willow oak1717 iron oak1724 maiden oak1725 scarlet oak1738 black jack1765 post oak1775 durmast1791 mountain chestnut oak1801 quercitron oak1803 laurel oak1810 mossy-cup oak1810 rock chestnut oak1810 pin oak1812 overcup oak1814 overcup white oak1814 bur oak1815 jack oak1816 mountain oak1818 shingle-oak1818 gall-oak1835 peach oak1835 golden oak1838 weeping oak1838 Aleppo oak1845 Italian oak1858 dyer's oak1861 Gambel's Oak1878 maul oak1884 punk oak1884 sessile oak1906 Garry oak1908 roble1908 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1159 For want of a fit English name, we haue thought good to christen it by the name of Scarlet Oke, or Scarlet Holme Oke: for Ilex is named of some in English Holme. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 148 The Scarlet-Oak, or Holm. 1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) (at cited word) Kermes, Found adhering to the bark on the stem and branches of a sort of scarlet oak..growing in Spain. 1882 Garden 13 May 323/3 A specimen of the Scarlet Oak. scarlet painted-cup n. (see painted cup n. at painted adj. Compounds 2b). scarlet pea n. (see quot.). ΚΠ 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App. at Pea Scarlet Pea,..the English name of a genus of plants, called by Linnæus Glycine. scarlet pimpernel n. Anagallis arvensis (see pimpernel n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > agrimony or lady's mantle or burnet > pimpernel wayworta1300 pimpernel?a1425 sicklewortc1450 craches1530 margeline1572 wink-a-peep1626 shepherd's sun-dial1823 poor man's, or shepherd's, weather-glass1827 shepherd's weatherglass1827 shepherd's calendar1832 scarlet pimpernel1855 shepherd's dial1865 shepherd's clock1878 shepherd's glass1886 peeper1888 shepherd's hourglass1909 1855 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. IV. 238 Scarlet Pimpernel. scarlet runner n. (also scarlet runner bean) a red- or white-flowered climbing bean, Phaseolus coccineus, or its edible pods. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > bean > scarlet runner bean or plant Turkeybean1690 scarlet-bean1731 runner1772 scarlet runner1786 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > pulse > [noun] > bean > scarlet runner bean Turkeybean1690 scarlet-bean1731 scarlet runner1786 1786 J. Abercrombie Arrangem. Plants p. vii, in Gardeners Daily Assistant A list of kitchen-garden plants... Kidney Bean (Dwarf)..Scarlet Runner. 1806 B. McMahon Amer. Gardener's Cal. 580 Bean, The Dwarf Kidney... Running kinds..Scarlet Runners. 1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) §3634 The scarlet runner ranks first for its prolific property and long continuance in fruit. 1908 Garden 25 Apr. 205/2 Possibly there is not a vegetable grown that is a more general favourite among amateurs than the climbing bean known as the Scarlet Runner. 1969 S. G. Harrison et al. Oxf. Bk. Food Plants 36/1 The Scarlet Runner is by far the most popular green bean in Britain. scarlet sage n. Salvia fulgens, a native of Mexico (Miller Plant-n. 1884, 245); also S. splendens, a native of Brazil ( Cent. Dict. 1891). scarlet seed n. a name of two tropical trees (see quot. 1866). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > of unidentified or unspecified type scarlet seed1756 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 368 The Scarlet-Seed. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Scarlet-Seed. Ternströmia obovalis, and Lætia Thamnia. scarlet strawberry n. any cultivated variety of the Virginian Strawberry, Fragaria virginiana, having scarlet ‘fruit’. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > berry > [noun] > strawberry > types of hautboy1731 scarlet strawberry1786 scarlet1815 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > strawberry > types of capron1693 hautboy1731 pine strawberry1754 Alpine1771 scarlet strawberry1786 sow-tit1788 Royal Sovereign1795 pineapple strawberry1796 scarlet1815 1786 J. Abercrombie Gardeners Daily Assistant 256 The scarlet strawberry. scarlet thorn n. Cratægus coccinea. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorny berry-bush > [noun] > hawthorn and allies hawthorna700 hawthorn-treec1290 whitethorna1300 haw-treec1325 albespyne?a1425 thorn-tree1483 mespilus1548 may-branch1560 quickthorn1571 hedge-bush1576 busket1579 May-bush1579 Neapolitan medlar1597 azarole1658 pyracanth1664 white bush1676 Glastonbury thorna1697 quick1727 evergreen thorn1731 blackthorn1737 whitethorn1788 oriental medlar1797 haw1821 May-haw1840 Maythorn1844 May1848 pear thorn1848 pink thorn1852 aronia thorn1882 scarlet thorn1882 black haw1897 1882 Garden 12 Aug. 145/3 The scarlet Thorn..is a bold, vigorous-growing American species. Derivatives ˈscarletness n. rare ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] rednesseOE rudOE red?c1225 ruddya1387 ruddinessa1398 gulesa1400 rothumc1400 ruddeningc1400 ruddonc1400 rouge1437 rubor?a1450 rossome1527 Mars1572 rubedinousness1599 reddiness1611 scarletness1611 rubetude1657 floridity1713 erubescence1736 floridness1776 fiery1847 raddle1860 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Scarletezza, rednesse, scarletnesse. Draft additions December 2013 scarlet cup n. a widespread, bright red cup fungus, Sarcoscypha coccinea (formerly Peziza epidendra) (family Sarcoscyphaceae), found on decaying wood; also more fully scarlet cup mushroom. ΚΠ 1769 J. Wallis Nat. Hist. Northumberland I. viii. 304 (heading) Petiolated, membranceous, scarlet Cup-Mushrome. 1812 J. Evans Beauties Eng. & Wales XVII. 648 A scarlet kind of the order Fungi, Peziza epidendra, or scarlet cup mushroom. 1924 Torreya 24 18 The scarlet cup (Sarcoscypha coccinea) is one of the first [cup fungi] to appear in the spring as soon as the frost is out of the ground. 2011 R. Raymer Spirit of Malaysia 59 (caption) Sarcoscypha coccinea, commonly known as the scarlet elf cup, or the scarlet cup, a fungus found in Taman Negara. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † scarletv. Etymology: < scarlet n. Obsolete. transitive. To clothe in scarlet; to colour scarlet. Chiefly passive. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > in specific colour scarlet1553 empurple1598 sable1610 the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > making or becoming red > make red [verb (transitive)] > make bright red envermeil14.. scarlet1553 coral1648 cardinalize1653 1553 J. Bale Vocacyon 10 The Idolatour, the tyraunt, and the whoremonger are no mete mynisters for hym, though they be neuer so..fynely forced, pylyoned, and scarletted. 1663 G. Mackenzie Religio Stoici 22 At which we should scarlet our cheeks with blushes. Derivatives ˈscarleted adj. in quot. 1641 tinged with scarlet. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > bright red or scarlet scarletc1386 puniceousa1398 vermeilc1400 corala1522 Punic?1553 orient1578 vermilion1589 wax-red1593 cherry-red1594 Punical1606 coralline?1608 scarleted1641 coccineous1654 cinnabrianc1668 poppy-coloured1677 miniaceous1688 phoeniceous1688 cherry-coloured1695 coral-red1700 cardinal1755 cherried1762 ponceau1774 punicean1786 cinnabar1807 geraniumed1819 miniatous1826 cardinal scarlet1828 vermilion-coloured1835–6 geranium-coloured1836 pink1846 cardinal red1850 lobster-red1856 phoenicean1857 magenta1877 angered1878 scarlet-vermilion1882 tomato1889 camellia-red1890 miniate1891 nasturtium-red1896 sealing-wax1912 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper i. 49 The whole earth is almost a purple Island, scarletted and redded with the bloud of Martyrs. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iv. ix. 382/1 Fine scarletted murrey. 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