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vermeillio

vermeillio [ME vermiloun, AN vermeilloun, ME, AN vermeil(le), vermail] 1 cinnabar, minium, vermilion (cf. et. vermiculum). 1290 in iij lib. ~ilonis xvviij d. Doc. W. Abb. Westm. 184; 1314 cum ~ilone et turbentino pro rubea cera facienda (DL MinAc) EHR XLII 198; 1346 Robertus ‥ omnes grossas literas de ympnario et collectario luminabit de auro et ~ilione Fabr. York 166; 1358 in iiij mill' de vernisshe; v lb. de ~eillone Pipe 203; 1418 mercurio, pulvere carbonum ‥ ~elion' CoramR 629 rex r. 18d.; sit ‥ massa ~eillionis in olla terrea bene vitreata ‥ et lutetur bene Ripley 217. 2 (as colour) vermilion, bright red. 1205 mantellum de samitto ~eillo frettatum cum saphiris Pat 54b; 1254 fecit consuere unum pannum ~ilionem debilem ‥ ad alium ~ilionem bonum Rec. Leic. I 68; 1259 habuit apud Lennam duos pannos ~ilones Ib. I 86; 1292 in j pecia et dimidia de panno ~ili pro teuda galee KR Ac 308/13 m. 5.

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