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  • adjective Alternative form of cramoisie.

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Examples

  • Therewith he rose to his feet; but the boy caught hold of him, saying, “Look at the fairness of my face and the cramoisy of my cheeks and the softness of my sides and the lusciousness of my lips.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • The day came, August 20th, and Mustafa himself, in his coat of inlaid mail and robe of cramoisy, led his army forward; but a well-directed fire drove him into a trench, whence he emerged not till night covered his path.

    The Story of the Barbary Corsairs Stanley Lane-Poole

  • The duchess carried her grandchild to the font, -- a font draped with cramoisy velvet.

    Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Ruth Putnam

  • Mons., the chancellor, clad in velvet over velvet cramoisy, first pronounced a discourse in beautiful Latin as a response to what had been said by the seigneur of Mayence.

    Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Ruth Putnam

  • The emperor wore a rich robe of cloth of gold of cramoisy, and his son was in a robe of green damask.

    Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Ruth Putnam

  • Standing erect on the poop, conspicuous in his cramoisy doublet, the tall figure of the old admiral was seen for an hour and a half directing the conflict, sword in hand, an easy mark for sharpshooters, as a wound in the knee reminded him.

    The Story of the Barbary Corsairs Stanley Lane-Poole

  • Each gentleman escorted a dame wearing a coat of satin cramoisy over a fur-edged round skirt _à la Portuguaise.

    Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Ruth Putnam

  • Mons., the chancellor, clad in velvet over velvet cramoisy, first pronounced a discourse in beautiful Latin as a response to what had been said by the seigneur of Mayence.

    Charles the Bold Putnam, Ruth, 1856-1931 1908

  • Each gentleman escorted a dame wearing a coat of satin cramoisy over a fur-edged round skirt a la Portuguaise.

    Charles the Bold Putnam, Ruth, 1856-1931 1908

  • The emperor wore a rich robe of cloth of gold of cramoisy, and his son was in a robe of green damask.

    Charles the Bold Putnam, Ruth, 1856-1931 1908

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