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Definition of Encrimsoning
1. encrimson [v] - See also: encrimson
Lexicographical Neighbors of Encrimsoning
Literary usage of Encrimsoning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Julian Hawthorne, George Parsons Lathrop (1883)
"... and leopards' fells, Seethes the gulf-encrimsoning shells, Fires gardens with
a joyful blaze Of tulips, in the morning's rays. ..."
2. Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, &c. by Gleeson White (1887)
"And flushed with dewy dawn's encrimsoning ray Roamed through a level grassy mead,
bedight With springtime blossoms, fragrant, fresh and gay. ..."
3. Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, & C. by Gleeson White (1888)
"... A shepherd youth, o'er whose fair face the light Of rosy smiles was ever wont
to stray, And flushed with dewy dawn's encrimsoning ray. ..."
4. The Menace of the Mob by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (1921)
""From the exulting and idly chattering, encrimsoning their hands with gore, Lead
me away to the camp of those perishing For the great work of love they ..."
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