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worm red

worm red adjective: of a dull, brownish red color.

Adjective

worm red

  1. Of a dull, brownish red color.
    • with this stuff the files are thickly smeared all over; they are then heated in a fire of clean cokes, to a sort of worm-red, in the course of which heating each file is occasionally withdrawn, and any bends or twists corrected1831, John Holland, A Treatise on the Progressive Improvement and Present State of the Manufactures in Metal, Volume 1, page 309
    • The pot is then placed in a bright coal fire, where it remains till the whole is of a worm red.1881, William Wellington Greener, The Gun and Its Development, page 267

Questions about worm red

What does worm red mean?
Worm red means of a dull, brownish red color.
What part of speech is worm red?
Worm red is an adjective.

Words near worm red in the dictionary

  1. worm oil
  2. worm on a string
  3. worm out
  4. worm pick
  5. worm picks
  6. worm red
  7. worm screw
  8. worm screws
  9. worm shell
  10. worm shells
  11. worm snake

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