Crim"son (kr?m"z'n), n. [OE. crimson, OF. crimoisin, F. cramoisi (cf. Sp. carmesi.) LL. carmesinus, fr. Ar. qermazi, fr. qermez crimson, kermes, fr. Skr. kmija produced by a worm; kmi worm or insect + jan to generate; akin to E. kin. CF. Carmine, Kermes.]
A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general.
Theugh jour be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Is. i. 18.
A maid jet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty.
Shak.
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Crim"son, a.
Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red.
"A
crimson tide."
Mrs. Hemans.
The blushing poppy with a crimson hue.
Prior.
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Crim"son, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crimsoned (-z'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crimsoning.]
To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.
Signed in thy spoil and crimsoned in thy lethe.
Shak.
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Crim"son, b. t.
To become crimson; to blush.
Ancient towers . . . beginning to crimson with the radiant luster of a cloudless July morning.
De Quincey.
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