vermeil

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silver gilt or gilt bronze
Vermilion; bright red
Bright scarlet, vermilion

And in her cheekes the vermeill red did shew / Like roses in a bed of lillies shed .

A liquid composition applied to a gilded surface to give luster to the gold
gilded metal
> Gilded silver
- Gold-plating process developed in France in the mid-1700s France banned production of vermeil early in the 19th century because the process involved the use of mercury Present-day vermeil is produced by a safe electrolytic process
{s} vermilion red; gilded metal (such as silver, copper, bronze)
Silver which has been gilded
Vermilion; also, the color of vermilion, a bright, beautiful red
(Vehr-MAY) Silver with gold plating
vermily
vermeil

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    ver·meil

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    Etymology

    () From French vermeil (“vermilion”), from Latin vermiculus, from Latin vermiculus (a little worm), the coccus Indicus, from vermis (a worm)
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