[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

crimson \crim"son\ kri^m"z'n, n. oe. crimson, of.
   crimoisin, f. cramoisi cf. sp. carmesi. ll. carmesinus, fr.
   ar. qermazi, fr. qermez crimson, kermes, fr. skr. k.rmija
   produced by a worm; k?mi 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.
   1913 webster

         though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white
         as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be
         as wool.                                 --is. i. 18.
   1913 webster

         a maid yet rosed over with the virgin crimson of
         modesty.                                 --shak.
   1913 webster
see also:
carmine kermes 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

crimson \crim"son\, a.
   of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red. "a crimson
   tide." --mrs. hemans.
   1913 webster

         the blushing poppy with a crimson hue.   --prior.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

crimson \crim"son\, v. t. imp.  p. p. crimsoned -z'nd; p.
   pr.  vb. n. crimsoning.
   to dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.
   1913 webster

         signed in thy spoil and crimsoned in thy lethe. --shak.
   1913 webster
see also:
crimsoned crimsoning 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

crimson \crim"son\, v. t.
   to become crimson; to blush.
   1913 webster

         ancient towers . . . beginning to crimson with the
         radiant luster of a cloudless july morning. --de
                                                  quincey.
   1913 webster

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

crimson
     adj 1: having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent
            of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or
            rubies syn: red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine,
             cerise, cherry, cherry-red, ruby, ruby-red,
             scarlet
     2: 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 syn: red, violent
     3: 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" syn: red, reddened, red-faced, flushed
     n : a deep and vivid red syn: ruby, deep red
     v : turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "the girl blushed
         when a young man whistled as she walked by" syn: blush,
          flush, redden
see also:
red reddish ruddy blood-red carmine cerise 
cherry cherry-red ruby ruby-red scarlet 
violent reddened red-faced flushed deep red 
blush flush redden 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

95 moby thesaurus words for "crimson":
   titian, titian-red, blanch, blush, bricky, cardinal, carmine,
   carnation, carnelian, cerise, change color, cherry, cherry-colored,
   cherry-red, color, color up, damask, darken, ferruginous, fiery,
   fire-red, flame, flame-colored, flame-red, flaming, flush, glow,
   glowing, grow red, gules, henna, hot, incarmined, incarnadine,
   inflame, inflamed, infrared, iron-red, lake-colored, laky,
   lateritious, lipstick, lobster-red, look black, lurid, madder,
   mantle, maroon, miniate, pale, pink, port-wine, puce, red,
   red-dyed, red-ink, red-looking, redden, reddened, reddish,
   reddish-amber, reddish-brown, rose, rouge, rubicund, rubify,
   rubiginous, rubric, rubricose, ruby, ruby-colored, ruby-red,
   ruddied, ruddle, ruddy, rufescent, rufous, rust, rust-red, rusty,
   scarlet, squirm with self-consciousness, stammel, stammer,
   tile-red, turn color, turn pale, turn red, vermilion, vinaceous,
   warm, whiten, wine, wine-colored, wine-red

[7] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

crimson
   see colour.
   
see also:
colour 

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