vermeil adjective & noun. ['vǝ:meɪl, -mɪl] Also vermil, vermile. LME.
[Old & mod. French: see VERMILION noun & adjective. Cf. VERMIL verb.]
A. adjective.
1. Of a bright scarlet colour or tint; vermilion. Chiefly poet. LME.

2. Coated with silver gilt or gilt bronze. M19.
b. noun.
1. The colour vermilion. Chiefly poet. L16.
b. transf. Blood. poet. rare. L16-E19.

2. An orange-red garnet. L18.

3. Silver gilt; gilt bronze. M19.

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