n. [ OE. crimson, OF. crimoisin, F. cramoisi (cf. Sp. carmesi.) LL. carmesinus, fr. Ar. qermazi, fr. qermez crimson, kermes, fr. Skr. k&rsdot_;mija produced by a worm; k&unr_;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 ]
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 ]
v. t.
Signed in thy spoil and crimsoned in thy lethe. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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 ]