VERMILION,

VERMIL'ION, a chemical substance used for coloring red, and much valued for ornamenting dwellings, Jer 22:14, and painting images. Eze 23:14. The custom of painting, and sometimes gilding, the ceilings of houses is still prevalent in the East.

VERMIL'ION, a chemical substance used for coloring red, and much valued for ornamenting dwellings, Jer 22:14, and painting images. Eze 23:14. The custom of painting, and sometimes gilding, the ceilings of houses is still prevalent in the East.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A bright red pigment consisting of mercuric sulphide, obtained either from the mineral cinnabar or artificially. It has a fine red color, and is much used in coloring sealing wax, in printing, etc.

2. Hence, a red color like the pigment; a lively and brilliant red; as, cheeks of vermilion.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To color with vermilion, or as if with vermilion; to dye red; to cover with a delicate red.