vermil

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vermil (comparative more vermil, superlative most vermil)

  1. (poetic, now rare) Alternative form of vermeil
    • 1826, J. S. Byerley, “You Taught Me Love”, in The Universal Songster, Volume 3:
      By your cheek of vermil hue,
      By your lip's ambrosial dew,
      By your soft and languid eye,
      By your swelling bosom's sigh,
      You taught me love.