3 entries under this word
n. [O. Fr. escarlate, N. Fr. écarlate, Pr. escarlat, escarlata, Sp. & Pg. escarlata, It. scarlatto, L. Lat. scarlatum, Ger. scharlach, Turk. iskerlet, Per. sakarlāt.]
Sense 1. An orange-red color, of many tints, hues, and shades.
Sense 2. Cloth of a scarlet color.
All her household are clothed with scarlet. Prov. xxxi. 21.
a. Of the color called scarlet; of an orange-red color; as, a scarlet cloth or thread; a scarlet lip.
Scarlet bean (Bot.), a plant of the genus Phaseolus (P. multiflorus), having scarlet flowers; scarlet-runner. — Scarlet fever (Med.), a contagious febrile disease, characterized by inflammation of the fauces, and a scarlet rash, appearing usually on the second day, and ending in desquamation about the sixth or seventh day. — Scarlet fish (Ichth.), a certain Chinese fish; the telescope carp; — so called from its red color. — Scarlet maple (Bot.), the red maple; Acer rubrum. — Scarlet oak, a species of oak, the Quercus coccinea of the United States; — so called from the scarlet color of its leaves in autumn. — Scarlet runner, a plant of the genus Phaseolus; scarlet bean.
To make bright-red; to redden. [R.] The ashy paleness of my cheek Is scarleted in ruddy flakes of wrath. Ford.