scarious bracted (skariusbrak ted)

bot., provided with or consisting of scarious bracts: said chiefly of flowers. See Amaran taceæ. [ Scarites (sce Compare Morio . scaritid (skar'i-tid), a. def.).] Pertaining to the Scar it in i, a tribe of ground-beetles of the family Carabidæ, typified by the genus Scarites. Compar scarlatet, n. and a. An obsolete form of scarlet. scarlatina (skär-la-te'nä), n. [F. scarlatine Sp. Pg. escar latina, = scar lattin a, scarlatina, a name given by a Neapolitan physician in 1553, fem. of scarlattino, inflammation is very serious. - Scarlatina malign a, very severe scarlet fever, with grave nervous symptoms, and usually fatal. scarlatinal (skär-la-te'nal), a. [ tina. Out, tawny coats! out, scarlet hypocrite! Shak., 1 Hen. VI., i. 3. 56. Scarlet admiral, the red admiral, a butterfly, Vane a a talant a.-Scarlet bean, Same as scarlet runner.- Scar let cup, a fungus of certain scarlet species of Peziza, as P. aurantia. See Peziza. [Prov. Eng.]-Scarlet fever. See fever. Scarlet fish, the telescope-carp, a Chinese variety of the goldfish, of a red color, with very prominent eyes. - Scarlet grain, a coccid, the Polish berry, Coccus polo nicus or Porphyrophora polonica. See Polish and Porphy rophora. Scarlet grosbeak. Same as cardinal - bird. Scarlet hat, a cardinal's hat; hence, the dignity of cardinal.- Scarlet haw. Seo haw2, 3.- Scarlet ibis. See ibis, 1.-Scarlet lake. See lakes. - Scarlet lightning. scart foot of the rampart; hence, any sharp, steep slope. See cut under parapet. -2. Same as escarpment, 2. [Rare.] - Scarp gallery, a covered pa age built in the scarp for the purpose of flanking the ditch.