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Scarlet \Scar"let\, n. [OE. scarlat, scarlet, OF. escarlate, F.
['e]carlate (cf. Pr. escarlat, escarlata, Sp. & Pg.
escarlata, It. scarlatto, LL. scarlatum), from Per.
sakirl[=a]t.]
A deep bright red tinged with orange or yellow, -- of many
tints and shades; a vivid or bright red color.
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2. Cloth of a scarlet color.
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All her household are clothed with scarlet. --Prov.
xxxi. 21.
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Scarlet \Scar"let\, v. t.
To dye or tinge with scarlet. [R.]
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The ashy paleness of my cheek
Is scarleted in ruddy flakes of wrath. --Ford.
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Scarlet \Scar"let\, a.
Of the color called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread.
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{Scarlet admiral} (Zool.), the red admiral. See under {Red}.
-- Scarlet bean (Bot.), a kind of bean ({Phaseolus
multiflorus}) having scarlet flowers; scarlet runner.

{Scarlet fever} (Med.), a contagious febrile disease
characterized by inflammation of the fauces and a scarlet
rash, appearing usually on the second day, and ending in
desquamation about the sixth or seventh day.

{Scarlet fish} (Zool.), the telescope fish; -- so called from
its red color. See under {Telescope}.

{Scarlet ibis} (Zool.) See under {Ibis}.

{Scarlet maple} (Bot.), the red maple. See {Maple}.

{Scarlet mite} (Zool.), any one of numerous species of bright
red carnivorous mites found among grass and moss,
especially {Thombidium holosericeum} and allied species.
The young are parasitic upon spiders and insects.

{Scarlet oak} (Bot.), a species of oak ({Quercus coccinea})
of the United States; -- so called from the scarlet color
of its leaves in autumn.

{Scarlet runner} (Bot.), the scarlet bean.

{Scarlet tanager}. (Zool.) See under {Tanager}.
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