Scarina (skarina)

pl. [NL., scarious (skā'ri-us), a. [= F. scarieux, 5381 For duble fees A dunce may turne a Doctour, & in state Walke in his scarlet ! Times ' Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 48. Have ye brought me any scarlets sae red, Or any of the silks sae fine? William and Marjorie (Child's Ballads, II. 150), Iodine scarlet. Same as pure scarlet. - Pure scarlet, a very brilliant but also very fugitive pigment composed of the iodide of mercury. It is not now used. II. a. 1. Of the color scarlet; bright-red. They [kings and heralds] were entitled to six ells of scar let cloth as their fee, and had all their expenses defrayed during the continuation of the tournament. Strutt , Sports and Pastimes, p. 209. The poppies show their scarlet coats. Keats, To my brother George. ries with the sense of 'thorny shrub (Lit- 2. Dre ed in scarlet; wearing scarlet. tré).] 1. In bot., thin, dry, and membranaceous, as the involucral bracts of many Compo sitæ: contrasted with herbaceous.-2. In zool., scaly; scurfy; furfuraceous. In