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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A light-red color; scarlet.
  2. n. A crape or fine linen fabric dyed fugitively of this tint, and used by women to give a roseate hue to their complexions.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A shade of pale red-orange.
  2. n. Linens and cloths dyed such a shade.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A pale red color, with a cast of orange.
  2. n. Fine linen or crape dyed of this color.

Etymologies

  1. From French nacarat, from Spanish or Portuguese nacarado, from Arabic نقارة (naqqāra, "small drum"), from نقر (náqara, "to hollow out"). Related to the word nacre. (Wiktionary)

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  • “As a finish to the ornament, a little gold clasp was needed; fortunately I possessed it in the fastening of my sole necklace; I duly detached and re-attached it, then coiled compactly the completed guard; and enclosed it in a small box I had bought for its brilliancy, made of some tropic shell of the colour called "nacarat," and decked with a little coronal of sparkling blue stones.”

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  • ““nacarat,” and decked with a little coronal of sparkling blue stones.”

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  • ruzuzu "2. A crape or fine linen fabric dyed fugitively of this tint, and used by women to give a roseate hue to their complexions." --Cent. Dict.
    Jul 28, 2011

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