mid-13c., "rich cloth" (often, but not necessarily, bright red), from a shortened form of Old French escarlate "scarlet (color), top-quality fabric" (12c., Modern French écarlate), [..]

Scarlet [N] [S]This dye was obtained by the Egyptians from the shell-fish Carthamus tinctorius; and by the Hebrews from the Coccus ilicis, an insect which infests oak trees, called kermes by the Arabi [..]

a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge red: of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies [..]

bright red

[Colors]

This dye was obtained by the Egyptians from the shell-fish Carthamus tinctorius; and by the Hebrews from the Coccus ilicis, an insect which infests oak trees, called kermes by the Arabians.This colour [..]

  any of various bright reds.  Scarlet cloth.

(n) a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge(adj) of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or ru [..]

Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow (Isa. i. 18). The allusion is to the scarlet fillet tied round the head of the scapegoat. Though your sins be as scarlet as the fillet on [..]

One of the companions of Robin Hood.

Either a variant of Scarlett or else from the English word for the red colour (both of the same origin, a type of cloth).

adj. "scarlet in color," s.v. scarlet sb. and a. OED. KEY: scarlet@adj

adj 2 scarlet 2

n. "scarlet, the color," s.v. scarlet sb. and a. OED. KEY: scarlet@n

n 2 scarlet 2

A bright red, slightly orange colour. FF2400 Cloth of a scarlet color. * Bible, Proverbs xxxi. 21 *: All her household are clothed with scarlet.

lang=en 1800s=1813 * '''1813''' — . ''''. *: To Catherine and Lydia, neither the letter nor its writer were in any degree interesting. It was next to impossible that their cousin should come in a s [..]

Either a variant of Scarlett or else from the English word for the red colour (both of the same origin, a type of cloth).