VERMIL

Adjective

vermil (comparative more vermil, superlative most vermil)

(poetic, now rare) Alternative form of vermeil

• J. S. Byerley, You Taught Me Love

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.

Source: Wiktionary


Ver"mil, n.

Definition: See Vermeil. [Obs.] Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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