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Definitions for: Red
[n] the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
[n] a tributary of the Mississippi River
[n] emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
[adj] characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode
[adj] red with or characterized by blood; "waving our red weapons o'er our heads"- Shakespeare; "The Red Badge of Courage"; "the red rules of tooth and claw"- P.B.Sears
[adj] having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
[adj] (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment"
[adj] (used of hair or fur) of a reddish brown color; "red deer"; "reddish hair"
[adj] (of wine) deep reddish in color; "a red wine such as a claret or burgundy"; "a pinot noir is a red burgundy"
Webster (1913) Definition: Red (r[e^]d), obs.
. imp. & p. p. of Read. --Spenser.
Red, v. t.
To put on order; to make tidy; also, to free from
entanglement or embarrassement; -- generally with up; as, to
red up a house. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Red, a. [Compar. Redder (-d?r); superl. Reddest.] [OE.
red, reed, AS. re['a]d, re['o]d; akin to OS. r[=o]d, OFries.
r[=a]d, D. rood, G. roht, rot, OHG. r[=o]t, Dan. & Sw.
r["o]d, Icel. rau[eth]r, rj[=o][eth]r, Goth. r['a]uds, W.
rhudd, Armor. ruz, Ir. & Gael. ruadh, L. ruber, rufus, Gr.
'eryqro`s, Skr. rudhira, rohita; cf. L. rutilus. [root]113.
Cf. Erysipelas, Rouge, Rubric, Ruby, Ruddy,
Russet, Rust.]
Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of
the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar
spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part. ``Fresh
flowers, white and reede.'' --Chaucer.
Your color, I warrant you, is as red as any rose.
--Shak.
Note: Red is a general term, including many different shades
or hues, as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red,
and the like.
Note: Red is often used in the formation of self-explaining
compounds; as, red-breasted, red-cheeked, red-faced,
red-haired, red-headed, red-skinned, red-tailed,
red-topped, red-whiskered, red-coasted.
Red admiral (Zo["o]l.), a beautiful butterfly ({Vanessa
Atalanta}) common in both Europe and America. The front
wings are crossed by a broad orange red band. The larva
feeds on nettles. Called also Atlanta butterfly, and
nettle butterfly.
Red ant. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A very small ant (Myrmica molesta) which often infests
houses.
(b) A larger reddish ant (Formica sanquinea), native of
Europe and America. It is one of the slave-making
species.
Red antimony (Min.), kermesite. See Kermes mineral
(b), under Kermes.
Red ash (Bot.), an American tree (Fraxinus pubescens),
smaller than the white ash, and less valuable for timber.
--Cray.
Red bass. (Zo["o]l.) See Redfish
(d) .
Red bay (Bot.), a tree (Persea Caroliniensis) having the
heartwood red, found in swamps in the Southern United
States.
Red beard (Zo["o]l.), a bright red sponge ({Microciona
prolifera}), common on oyster shells and stones. [Local,
U.S.]
Red birch (Bot.), a species of birch (Betula nigra)
having reddish brown bark, and compact, light-colored
wood. --Gray.
Red blindness. (Med.) See Daltonism.
Red book, a book containing the names of all the persons in
the service of the state. [Eng.]
Red book of the Exchequer, an ancient record in which are
registered the names of all that held lands per baroniam
in the time of Henry II. --Brande & C.
Red brass, an alloy containing eight parts of copper and
three of zinc.
Red bug. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A very small mite which in Florida attacks man, and
produces great irritation by its bites.
(b) A red hemipterous insect of the genus Pyrrhocoris,
especially the European species (P. apterus), which is
bright scarlet and lives in clusters on tree trunks.
(c) See Cotton stainder, under Cotton.
Red cedar. (Bot.) An evergreen North American tree
(Juniperus Virginiana) having a fragrant red-colored
heartwood.
(b) A tree of India and Australia (Cedrela Toona) having
fragrant reddish wood; -- called also toon tree in
India.
Red chalk. See under Chalk.
Red copper (Min.), red oxide of copper; cuprite.
Red coral (Zo["o]l.), the precious coral ({Corallium
rubrum}). See Illusts. of Coral and Gorgonlacea.
Red cross. The cross of St. George, the national emblem of
the English.
(b) The Geneva cross. See Geneva convention, and {Geneva
cross}, under Geneva.
Red currant. (Bot.) See Currant.
Red deer. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The common stag (Cervus elaphus), native of the forests
of the temperate parts of Europe and Asia. It is very
similar to the American elk, or wapiti.
(b) The Virginia deer. See Deer.
Red duck (Zo["o]l.), a European reddish brown duck
(Fuligula nyroca); -- called also ferruginous duck.
Red ebony. (Bot.) See Grenadillo.
Red empress (Zo["o]l.), a butterfly. See Tortoise shell.
Red fir (Bot.), a coniferous tree (Pseudotsuga Douglasii)
found from British Columbia to Texas, and highly valued
for its durable timber. The name is sometimes given to
other coniferous trees, as the Norway spruce and the
American Abies magnifica and A. nobilis.
Red fire. (Pyrotech.) See Blue fire, under Fire.
Red flag. See under Flag.
Red fox (Zo["o]l.), the common American fox ({Vulpes
fulvus}), which is usually reddish in color.
Red grouse (Zo["o]l.), the Scotch grouse, or ptarmigan. See
under Ptarmigan.
Red gum, or Red gum-tree (Bot.), a name given to eight
Australian species of Eucalyptus ({Eucalyptus
amygdalina}, resinifera, etc.) which yield a reddish gum
resin. See Eucalyptus.
Red hand (Her.), a left hand appaum['e], fingers erect,
borne on an escutcheon, being the mark of a baronet of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; -- called
also Badge of Ulster.
Red herring, the common herring dried and smoked.
Red horse. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially
Moxostoma macrolepidotum and allied species.
(b) See the Note under Drumfish.
Red lead.
(Chem) See under Lead, and Minium.
Red-lead ore. (Min.) Same as Crocoite.
Red liquor (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of
aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of
dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used
originally for red dyestuffs. Called also red mordant.
Red maggot (Zo["o]l.), the larva of the wheat midge.
Red manganese. (Min.) Same as Rhodochrosite.
Red man, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his
color.
Red maple (Bot.), a species of maple (Acer rubrum). See
Maple.
Red mite. (Zo["o]l.) See Red spider, below.
Red mulberry (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple
color (Morus rubra).
Red mullet (Zo["o]l.), the surmullet. See Mullet.
Red ocher (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a
reddish color.
Red perch (Zo["o]l.), the rosefish.
Red phosphorus. (Chem.) See under Phosphorus.
Red pine (Bot.), an American species of pine ({Pinus
resinosa}); -- so named from its reddish bark.
Red precipitate. See under Precipitate.
Red Republican (European Politics), originally, one who
maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, --
because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an
extreme radical in social reform. [Cant]
Red ribbon, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England.
Red sanders. (Bot.) See Sanders.
Red sandstone. (Geol.) See under Sandstone.
Red scale (Zo["o]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus
aurantii}) very injurious to the orange tree in California
and Australia.
Red silver (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or
reddish black color. It includes proustite, or light red
silver, and pyrargyrite, or dark red silver.
Red snapper (Zo["o]l.), a large fish ({Lutlanus aya or
Blackfordii}) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and about the
Florida reefs.
Red snow, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga
(Protococcus nivalis) which produces large patches of
scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions.
Red softening (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which
the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to
infarction or inflammation.
Red spider (Zo["o]l.), a very small web-spinning mite
(Tetranychus telarius) which infests, and often
destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those
cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly
on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn
yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red.
Called also red mite.
Red squirrel (Zo["o]l.), the chickaree.
Red tape, the tape used in public offices for tying up
documents, etc.; hence, official formality and delay.
Red underwing (Zo["o]l.), any species of noctuid moths
belonging to Catacola and allied genera. The numerous
species are mostly large and handsomely colored. The under
wings are commonly banded with bright red or orange.
Red water, a disease in cattle, so called from an
appearance like blood in the urine.
Red (r?d), n.
1. The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum
farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these.
``Celestial rosy red, love's proper hue.'' --Milton.
2. A red pigment.
3. (European Politics) An abbreviation for Red Republican.
See under Red, a. [Cant]
4. pl. (Med.) The menses. --Dunglison.
English red, a pigment prepared by the Dutch, similar to
Indian red.
Hypericum red, a red resinous dyestuff extracted from
Hypericum.
Indian red. See under Indian, and Almagra.
Synonyms: aflame(p), blood-red, bloody, Bolshevik, bolshie, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, chromatic, colored, colorful, coloured, crimson, flushed, in color(p), Marxist, pinko, Red River, reddened, reddish, red-faced, redness, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet, violent
Antonyms: white
See Also: alizarine red, America, cardinal, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry red, chromatic color, chromatic colour, chrome red, crimson, dark red, deep red, orange red, purplish red, radical, river, ruby, scarlet, spectral color, spectral colour, Turkey red, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, vermilion
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