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scarlet

1. scar.let \'ska:r-l*t\ n [ME scarlat, scarlet, fr. OF or ML; OF 
   escarlate, fr. ML s]carlata, fr. Per saqala-t, a kind of rich cloth 1: 
   scarlet cloth or clothes  2: any of various bright reds 
2. scarlet aj [fr. the use of the word in Isa 1:18 & Rev 17:1-6 (AV)] 1: of 
   the color scarlet  2: WHORISH; also : FLAGRANT