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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Incarnadine (To).
 
To make red. (Latin, incarntus color, carnation).   1
       
“No, this my hand will rather
       
The multitudinous sea incarnadine,
Making the green—one red.”
       
Shakespeare: Macbeth, ii. 2.
 


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