SCARLET  , a vivid, See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

bright red See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, somewhat .inclined to See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

orange . The word appears in most See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages; cf . Ger . Scharlach, Swed. skarlakan, Ital. scarlatto, &c.; the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form is an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of the O . Fr. escarlate, mod. ecarlate . The origin of these is to be found in the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian saglan, meaning " broad-See also:

• CLOTH

cloth." There are various forms, sagaldt, sigalat, suglat; this cloth was chiefly used for dresses, flags, large tents and trappings, and was frequently scarlet in colour, and hence its name became applied to the colour .