Meaning of worm red | Babel Free

Definitions

Of a dull, brownish red color.

Examples

“with this stuff the files are thickly smeared all over; they are then heated in a fire of clean⟳ cokes, to a sort⟳ of worm-red, in the course of which heating each file⟳ is occasionally withdrawn, and any bends or twists corrected”

“The pot is then placed in a bright coal fire, where it remains till the whole is of a worm red.”

“About fifteen chaetigerous segments. Operculum hollowed to form⟳ an incubatory pouch, the calcareous lid of which is rejected after use⟳ and regenerated. Eggs red or orange. Worm red or orange posteriorly, colourless anteriorly.”

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