Red

red, a. [redder; reddest.] Of the color blood, or of a tint resembling that color, — a general term, including many different shades or hues, scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange, etc. — n. The color of blood, or a tint resembling this; one of primary colors: see Light. {Europ. Politics.) A publican of the most advanced and violent type; jacobin; communist; nihilist. — Red'den, -dn, [-dened (-dnd), -dening.] To make red. — v. i. grow or become red, blush. — Red'dish, a. Somewhat red. — Red'breast, n. The European robin, fr. the color of his breast. — Redsear', -set-',?•. i. break or crack when red-hot, as iron under the ham me-.— Red's hort, a. Brittle, or breaking short when red-hot, — said of metals. — Red's tart, n. A European singing bird of the warbler family; a migratory bird of N. Amer., combining the habits of the catchers and warblers. — Red'top, n. An English gra , cultivated in the U. S., valuable for pasturage id hay. Act of digesting, or Redaction, re-dak's hun, ducing to order (literary or scientific materials); a digest; the editorial staff of a newspaper or literary compilation. — Re'dacteur', ra'dak-ter', n. An editor. Redans.