vermiculum

vermiculum [cf. CL vermiculus; cf. et. vermeillo], vermilion, red dye (esp. as prepared from kermes, perh. also applied to cinnabar, minium; cf. vermeillo), (also) red colour. ~um i. ideo dum radices croci fiunt similes vermium Comm. Cant. I 331; admisceantur ‥ rubor ~i, rubor rose, rubor sanguinis, et rubor carbunculi J. Ford Serm. 4. 2; locellum ligneum ‥ interius undique depictum, medietas cum ~o, altera medietas cum azorio Domerh. Glast. 336; quidquid ‥ faciendum est ante electionem ‥ ~o scripsi L. Somercote 28; ~um, -i, i. warance, i. wrotte WW; ~um, vermyloun WW.

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