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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
In her cheeks the vermeill red did show Like roses in a bed of lilies shed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Silver gilt or gilt bronze. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. A liquid composition applied to a gilded surface to give luster to the gold. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. vermes worms + -logy. ] (Zool.) A discourse or treatise on worms; that part of Zoology which treats of worms; helminthology. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ L. vermes, pl. of vermis a worm. ] (Zool.) (a) An extensive artificial division of the animal kingdom, including the parasitic worms, or helminths, together with the nemerteans, annelids, and allied groups. By some writers the branchiopods, the bryzoans, and the tunicates are also included. The name was used in a still wider sense by Linnaeus and his followers. (b) A more restricted group, comprising only the helminths and closely allied orders. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., from L. vermis worm. ] (Zool.) Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to Vermetus and allied genera, of the family Vermetidae. Their shells are regularly spiral when young, but later in life the whorls become separate, and the shell is often irregularly bent and contorted like a worm tube. [ 1913 Webster ]
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