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vermilion border(medicine)
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vermilion(1) (iou)



vermilion noun & adjective. Also vermillion. ME.
[Old French vermeillon, from vermeil from Latin vermiculus dim. of vermis worm.]
A. noun.
Cinnabar, esp. powdered cinnabar, used as a brilliant scarlet pigment. Also, any of various red earths and artificial pigments resembling this. ME.
b. A fabric dyed with vermilion. rare. M17.
The colour of this pigment; a brilliant red or scarlet. LME.
b. adjective. Of the colour vermilion; brilliant red, scarlet. LME.
vermilio'nette noun a substitute for the pigment vermilion, consisting of eosin or a similar dye L19.
vermilionize verb trans. (rare) = VERMILION verb M19.