clad in scarlet

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• scarlet — see an ape’s an ape, a varlet’s a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet …   Proverbs new dictionary

• Peter Pan in Scarlet — Infobox Book | name = Peter Pan in Scarlet author = Geraldine McCaughrean cover artist = David Wyatt (UK) Tony DiTerlizzi (US) illustrator = Scott M. Fischer language = English publisher = Oxford University Press (UK) Margaret K. McElderry (US)… …   Wikipedia

• an ape’s an ape, a varlet’s a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet — A varlet was formerly a menial servant, but the word also took on the sense of ‘scoundrel’ or ‘rogue’. Scarlet was the colour of the official or ceremonial dress of various dignitaries, including judges. Cf. LUCIAN Adversus Indoctum 4 πίθηκος ὁ… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• Purfle — Pur fle, v. t. [OF. pourfiler; pour for + fil a thread, L. filum. See {Profile}, and cf. {Purl} a border.] 1. To decorate with a wrought or flowered border; to embroider; to ornament with metallic threads; as, to purfle with blue and white. P.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Louis-Nazaire Bégin — infobox cardinalbiog name = Louis Nazaire Cardinal Bégin † See = Quebec Title = Cardinal Archbishop of Quebec Period = April 12, 1898 mdash;July 18, 1925 cardinal = May 25, 1914 Predecessor = Elzéar Alexandre Cardinal Taschereau † Successor =… …   Wikipedia

• Maria (empress) — Maria s pendant, now on display at the Louvre. The names of Maria s parents and husband are arranged to form the Chi Rho. The pendant reads, around a central cross (clockwise): HONORI MARIA SERINA VIVATIS STELICHO. Maria (died 407) was the first… …   Wikipedia

• page — page1 /payj/, n., v., paged, paging. n. 1. one side of a leaf of something printed or written, as a book, manuscript, or letter. 2. the entire leaf of such a printed or written thing: He tore out one of the pages. 3. a single sheet of paper for… …   Universalium

• Page — /payj/, n. 1. Thomas Nelson, 1853 1922, U.S. novelist and diplomat. 2. Walter Hines, 1855 1918, U.S. journalist, editor, and diplomat. * * * ▪ rank       in medieval Europe, a youth of noble birth who left his home at an early age to serve an… …   Universalium

• coccinated — † ˈcoccinated, ppl. a. Obs. 0 ‘Clad in scarlet’ (Cockeram 1623) …   Useful english dictionary

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