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  Red \Red\, a. [Compar. Redder (-d?r); superl. Reddest.] [OE.
     red, reed, AS. re['a]d, re['o]d; akin to OS. r[=o]d, OFries.
     r[=a]d, D. rood, G. roht, rot, OHG. r[=o]t, Dan. & Sw.
     r["o]d, Icel. rau[eth]r, rj[=o][eth]r, Goth. r['a]uds, W.
     rhudd, Armor. ruz, Ir. & Gael. ruadh, L. ruber, rufus, Gr.
     'eryqro`s, Skr. rudhira, rohita; cf. L. rutilus. [root]113.
     Cf. Erysipelas, Rouge, Rubric, Ruby, Ruddy,
     Russet, Rust.]
     Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of
     the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar
     spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part. ``Fresh
     flowers, white and reede.'' --Chaucer.
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           Your color, I warrant you, is as red as any rose.
                                                    --Shak.
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     Note: Red is a general term, including many different shades
           or hues, as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red,
           and the like.
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     Note: Red is often used in the formation of self-explaining
           compounds; as, red-breasted, red-cheeked, red-faced,
           red-haired, red-headed, red-skinned, red-tailed,
           red-topped, red-whiskered, red-coasted.
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     Red admiral (Zo["o]l.), a beautiful butterfly ({Vanessa
        Atalanta) common in both Europe and America. The front
        wings are crossed by a broad orange red band. The larva
        feeds on nettles. Called also Atalanta butterfly, and
        nettle butterfly.
  
     Red ant. (Zo["o]l.)
     (a) A very small ant ({Myrmica molesta) which often infests
         houses.
     (b) A larger reddish ant ({Formica sanguinea), native of
         Europe and America. It is one of the slave-making
         species.
  
     Red antimony (Min.), kermesite. See Kermes mineral
     (b), under Kermes.
  
     Red+ash+(Bot.),+an+American+tree+({Fraxinus+pubescens" rel="nofollow">Red ash (Bot.), an American tree ({Fraxinus pubescens),
        smaller than the white ash, and less valuable for timber.
        --Cray.
  
     Red bass. (Zo["o]l.) See Redfish
     (d) .
  
     Red+bay+(Bot.),+a+tree+({Persea+Caroliniensis" rel="nofollow">Red bay (Bot.), a tree ({Persea Caroliniensis) having the
        heartwood red, found in swamps in the Southern United
        States.
  
     Red beard (Zo["o]l.), a bright red sponge ({Microciona
        prolifera), common on oyster shells and stones. [Local,
        U.S.]
  
     Red+birch+(Bot.),+a+species+of+birch+({Betula+nigra" rel="nofollow">Red birch (Bot.), a species of birch ({Betula nigra)
        having reddish brown bark, and compact, light-colored
        wood. --Gray.
  
     Red blindness. (Med.) See Daltonism.
  
     Red book, a book containing the names of all the persons in
        the service of the state. [Eng.]
  
     Red book of the Exchequer, an ancient record in which are
        registered the names of all that held lands per baroniam
        in the time of Henry II. --Brande & C.
  
     Red brass, an alloy containing eight parts of copper and
        three of zinc.
  
     Red bug. (Zo["o]l.)
     (a) A very small mite which in Florida attacks man, and
         produces great irritation by its bites.
     (b) A red hemipterous insect of the genus Pyrrhocoris,
         especially the European species ({Pyrrhocoris apterus),
         which is bright scarlet and lives in clusters on tree
         trunks.
     (c) See Cotton stainder, under Cotton.
  
     Red cedar. (Bot.) An evergreen North American tree
        ({Juniperus Virginiana) having a fragrant red-colored
        heartwood.
     (b) A tree of India and Australia ({Cedrela Toona) having
         fragrant reddish wood; -- called also toon tree in
         India.
  
     Red chalk. See under Chalk.
  
     Red copper (Min.), red oxide of copper; cuprite.
  
     Red coral (Zo["o]l.), the precious coral ({Corallium
        rubrum). See Illusts. of Coral and Gorgonlacea.
  
     Red cross. The cross of St. George, the national emblem of
        the English.
     (b) The Geneva cross. See Geneva convention, and Geneva
         cross, under Geneva.
  
     Red currant. (Bot.) See Currant.
  
     Red deer. (Zo["o]l.)
     (a) The common stag ({Cervus elaphus), native of the forests
         of the temperate parts of Europe and Asia. It is very
         similar to the American elk, or wapiti.
     (b) The Virginia deer. See Deer.
  
     Red duck (Zo["o]l.), a European reddish brown duck
        ({Fuligula nyroca); -- called also ferruginous duck.
  
     Red ebony. (Bot.) See Grenadillo.
  
     Red empress (Zo["o]l.), a butterfly. See Tortoise shell.
        
  
     Red+fir+(Bot.),+a+coniferous+tree+({Pseudotsuga+Douglasii" rel="nofollow">Red fir (Bot.), a coniferous tree ({Pseudotsuga Douglasii)
        found from British Columbia to Texas, and highly valued
        for its durable timber. The name is sometimes given to
        other coniferous trees, as the Norway spruce and the
        American Abies magnifica and Abies nobilis.
  
     Red fire. (Pyrotech.) See Blue fire, under Fire.
  
     Red flag. See under Flag.
  
     Red fox (Zo["o]l.), the common American fox ({Vulpes
        fulvus), which is usually reddish in color.
  
     Red grouse (Zo["o]l.), the Scotch grouse, or ptarmigan. See
        under Ptarmigan.
  
     Red gum, or Red gum-tree (Bot.), a name given to eight
        Australian species of Eucalyptus ({Eucalyptus
        amygdalina, resinifera, etc.) which yield a reddish gum
        resin. See Eucalyptus.
  
     Red hand (Her.), a left hand appaum['e], fingers erect,
        borne on an escutcheon, being the mark of a baronet of the
        United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; -- called
        also Badge of Ulster.
  
     Red herring, the common herring dried and smoked.
  
     Red horse. (Zo["o]l.)
     (a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially
         Moxostoma macrolepidotum and allied species.
     (b) See the Note under Drumfish.
  
     Red lead.
     (Chem) See under Lead, and Minium.
  
     Red-lead ore. (Min.) Same as Crocoite.
  
     Red liquor (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of
        aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of
        dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used
        originally for red dyestuffs. Called also red mordant.
        
  
     Red maggot (Zo["o]l.), the larva of the wheat midge.
  
     Red manganese. (Min.) Same as Rhodochrosite.
  
     Red man, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his
        color.
  
     Red+maple+(Bot.),+a+species+of+maple+({Acer+rubrum" rel="nofollow">Red maple (Bot.), a species of maple ({Acer rubrum). See
        Maple.
  
     Red mite. (Zo["o]l.) See Red spider, below.
  
     Red mulberry (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple
        color ({Morus rubra).
  
     Red mullet (Zo["o]l.), the surmullet. See Mullet.
  
     Red ocher (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a
        reddish color.
  
     Red perch (Zo["o]l.), the rosefish.
  
     Red phosphorus. (Chem.) See under Phosphorus.
  
     Red pine (Bot.), an American species of pine ({Pinus
        resinosa); -- so named from its reddish bark.
  
     Red precipitate. See under Precipitate.
  
     Red Republican (European Politics), originally, one who
        maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, --
        because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an
        extreme radical in social reform. [Cant]
  
     Red ribbon, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England.
        
  
     Red sanders. (Bot.) See Sanders.
  
     Red sandstone. (Geol.) See under Sandstone.
  
     Red scale (Zo["o]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus
        aurantii) very injurious to the orange tree in California
        and Australia.
  
     Red silver (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or
        reddish black color. It includes proustite, or light red
        silver, and pyrargyrite, or dark red silver.
  
     Red+snapper+(Zo["o]l.),+a+large+fish+({Lutjanus+aya" rel="nofollow">Red snapper (Zo["o]l.), a large fish ({Lutjanus aya syn.
        Lutjanus Blackfordii) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and
        about the Florida reefs.
  
     Red snow, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga
        ({Protococcus nivalis) which produces large patches of
        scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions.
  
     Red softening (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which
        the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to
        infarction or inflammation.
  
     Red spider (Zo["o]l.), a very small web-spinning mite
        ({Tetranychus telarius) which infests, and often
        destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those
        cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly
        on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn
        yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red.
        Called also red mite.
  
     Red squirrel (Zo["o]l.), the chickaree.
  
     Red tape,
     (a) the tape used in public offices for tying up documents,
         etc. Hence,
     (b) official formality and delay; excessive bureaucratic
         paperwork.
  
     Red underwing (Zo["o]l.), any species of noctuid moths
        belonging to Catacola and allied genera. The numerous
        species are mostly large and handsomely colored. The under
        wings are commonly banded with bright red or orange.
  
     Red water, a disease in cattle, so called from an
        appearance like blood in the urine.
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  Red Cross \Red Cross\
     1. The crusaders or the cause they represented.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. A hospital or ambulance service established as a result
        of, though not provided for by, the Geneva convention of
        1864; any of the national societies for alleviating the
        sufferings of the sick and wounded war, also giving aid
        and relief during great calamities; also, a member or
        worker of such a society; -- so called from the badge of
        neutrality; the Geneva cross.
  
     Note: In islamic countries, a similarly motivated affiliated
           organization is called the Red Crescent. The American
           Red Cross was founded in 1881, largely due to the
           initiative of Clara Barton. The [a
           HREF="http:]/www.redcross.org">American Red Cross
           maintains a web page on the internet, where additional
           information can be found.
           [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

  Red Cross \Red Cross\
     1. The crusaders or the cause they represented.
  
     2. A hospital or ambulance service established as a result
        of, though not provided for by, the Geneva convention of
        1864; any of the national societies for alleviating the
        sufferings of the sick and wounded war, also giving aid
        and relief during great calamities; also, a member or
        worker of such a society; -- so called from the badge of
        neutrality; the Geneva cross.

  
  
     Red chalk. See under Chalk.
  
     Red copper (Min.), red oxide of copper; cuprite.
  
     Red coral (Zo["o]l.), the precious coral ({Corallium
        rubrum). See Illusts. of Coral and Gorgonlacea.
  
     Red cross. The cross of St. George, the national emblem of
        the English.
     (b) The Geneva cross. See Geneva convention, and Geneva
         cross, under Geneva.
  
     Red currant. (Bot.) See Currant.
  
     Red deer. (Zo["o]l.)
     (a) The common stag ({Cervus elaphus), native of the forests
         of the temperate parts of Europe and Asia. It is very
         similar to the American elk, or wapiti.
     (b) The Virginia deer. See Deer.
  
     Red duck (Zo["o]l.), a European reddish brown duck
        ({Fuligula nyroca); -- called also ferruginous duck.
  
     Red ebony. (Bot.) See Grenadillo.
  
     Red empress (Zo["o]l.), a butterfly. See Tortoise shell.
        
  
     Red+fir+(Bot.),+a+coniferous+tree+({Pseudotsuga+Douglasii" rel="nofollow">Red fir (Bot.), a coniferous tree ({Pseudotsuga Douglasii)
        found from British Columbia to Texas, and highly valued
        for its durable timber. The name is sometimes given to
        other coniferous trees, as the Norway spruce and the
        American Abies magnifica and A. nobilis.
  
     Red fire. (Pyrotech.) See Blue fire, under Fire.
  
     Red flag. See under Flag.
  
     Red fox (Zo["o]l.), the common American fox ({Vulpes
        fulvus), which is usually reddish in color.
  
     Red grouse (Zo["o]l.), the Scotch grouse, or ptarmigan. See
        under Ptarmigan.
  
     Red gum, or Red gum-tree (Bot.), a name given to eight
        Australian species of Eucalyptus ({Eucalyptus
        amygdalina, resinifera, etc.) which yield a reddish gum
        resin. See Eucalyptus.
  
     Red hand (Her.), a left hand appaum['e], fingers erect,
        borne on an escutcheon, being the mark of a baronet of the
        United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; -- called
        also Badge of Ulster.
  
     Red herring, the common herring dried and smoked.

  Red Cross
       n : an international organization that cares for the sick or
           wounded or homeless in wartime

  Red Cross
     Αγγλικά n.
     ο Ερυθρός Σταυρός

  Red Cross
     n.
     1 An international humanitarian organization that cares for the
  wounded, sick, and homeless.
     2 The symbol of this organization.
     3 (place en unincorporated community s/Kentucky).
     4 (place en town s/North Carolina).

  Red Cross
     n.
     1 An international humanitarian organization that cares for the
  wounded, sick, and homeless.
     2 The symbol of this organization.
     3 (place en unincorporated community s/Kentucky).
     4 (place en town s/North Carolina).

  Red Cross
     n.
     1 An international humanitarian organization that cares for the
  wounded, sick, and homeless.
     2 The symbol of this organization.
     3 (place en unincorporated community s/Kentucky).
     4 (place en town s/North Carolina).

  Red Cross
     n.
     1 An international humanitarian organization that cares for the
  wounded, sick, and homeless.
     2 The symbol of this organization.
     3 (place en unincorporated community s/Kentucky).
     4 (place en town s/North Carolina).

  Red Cross
     Englanti n.
     Punainen Risti

  Red Cross /ɹˈɛd kɹˈɒs/ 
  Червен кръст
  Red Cross

  Red Cross /ɹˈɛd kɹˈɒs/
  Červený kříž

  Red Cross /ɹˈɛd kɹˈɒs/
  Rotes Kreuz, das Rote Kreuz
        "International Committee of the Red Cross"  - Internationales Komitee vom Roten Kreuz, Internationales Rotes Kreuz
        "International Red Cross"  - Internationales Komitee vom Roten Kreuz, Internationales Rotes Kreuz
        "German Red Cross"  - Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (DRK)
        "American Red Cross"  - Amerikanisches Rotes Kreuz
        "British Red Cross Society"  - Britisches Rotes Kreuz
        "International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies"  - Internationaler Verband der Rotkreuz- und Rothalbmond-Gesellschaften

  Red Cross /ɹˈɛd kɹˈɒs/ 
  Punainen Risti
  Red Cross

  Red Cross /ɹˈɛd kɹˈɒs/
  Crveni križ

  red cross /ɹˈɛd kɹˈɒs/
  1. keresztes vitézek keresztje
  2. szent györgy kereszt
  3. vöröskereszt

  Red Cross /ɹˈɛd kɹˈɒs/ 
  Palang Merah
  Red Cross

  Red Cross /ɹˈɛd kɹˈɒs/ 
  赤十字, 赤十字社
  Red Cross

  Red Cross /ɹˈɛd kɹˈɒs/ 
  Röda Korset
  Red Cross

     红十字会