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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VERMEIL. [See Vermilion.]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle French, from vermeil, adjective — more at vermilion Date: 1530 1. vermilion 2. gilded silver • vermeil adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 silver gilt. 2 an orange-red garnet. 3 poet. vermilion. Etymology: ME f. OF: see VERMILION

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Vermeil Ver"meil, n. [F., vermilion, fr. LL. vermiculus, fr. L. vermiculus a little worm, the coccus Indicus, from vermis a worm. See Worm, and cf. Vermicule.] 1. Vermilion; also, the color of vermilion, a bright, beautiful red. [Poetic & R.] In her cheeks the vermeil red did show Like roses in a bed of lilies shed. --Spenser. 2. Silver gilt or gilt bronze. 3. A liquid composition applied to a gilded surface to give luster to the gold. --Knight.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Vermilion. 2. Bright red. 3. Silver-gilt, gilt-bronze.