incarnadine
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
In·car′na·dine adjective
Origin: F. incarnadin, It. incarnatino; L. pref. in- in + caro, carnis, flesh. Cf. Carnation, Incarnate.
Flesh-colored; of a carnation or pale red color. obsolete Richard Lovelace
In·car′na·dine transitive verb
To dye red or crimson.
Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No; this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red.— William Shakespeare
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54