incarnadine Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make flesh-colored

WordNet

In*car"na*dine adjective
Etymology
F. incarnadin, It. incarnatino; L. pref. in- in + caro, carnis, flesh. Cf. Carnation, Incarnate.
Definitions
  1. Flesh-colored; of a carnation or pale red color. Obs. Lovelace.
In*car"na*dine transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To dye red or crimson.
    Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No; this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red. Shak.

Webster 1913