The Collaborative International Dictionary
Red \Red\ (r?d), n.
The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these. ``Celestial rosy red, love's proper hue.''
--Milton.A red pigment.
(European Politics) An abbreviation for Red Republican. See under Red, a. [Cant]
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pl. (Med.) The menses.
--Dunglison.English red, a pigment prepared by the Dutch, similar to Indian red.
Hypericum red, a red resinous dyestuff extracted from Hypericum.
Indian red. See under Indian, and Almagra.
Usage examples of "english red".
The weather was brisk, and each morning Jane Fithians cheeks were a bright English red, and she would apologize, Im sure I must look a perfect milkmaid.
That extraordinary siege when a handful of English red-coats unpaid and ill-fed fought a breached and broken town against countless hordes for the honour of their King during twenty years, had not yet become the property of the historian.