infests houses. (b) A larger reddish ant native of Europe and America. It is one of the slave-making
species. — Red antimony (Min.), kermesite. See Kermes mineral (b), under Kermes. — Red ash
(Bot.), an American tree smaller than the white ash, and less valuable for timber. Cray. — Red bass.
(Zoöl.) See Redfish (d). - - Red bay (Bot.), a tree (Persea Caroliniensis) having the heartwood red,
found in swamps in the Southern United States. — Red beard (Zoöl.), a bright red sponge (Microciona
prolifera), common on oyster shells and stones. [Local, U.S.] — Red birch (Bot.), a species of birch
(Betula nigra) having reddish brown bark, and compact, light- colored wood. Gray. — Red blindness.
(Med.) See Daltonism. — Red book, a book containing the names of all the persons in the service
of the state. [Eng.] — Red book of the Exchequer, an ancient record in which are registered the
names of all that held lands per baroniam in the time of Henry II. Brande & C. — Red brass, an
alloy containing eight parts of copper and three of zinc. — Red bug. (Zoöl.) (a) A very small mite
which in Florida attacks man, and produces great irritation by its bites. (b) A red hemipterous insect
of the genus Pyrrhocoris, especially the European species which is bright scarlet and lives in clusters
on tree trunks. (c) See Cotton stainder, under Cotton. — Red cedar. (Bot.) An evergreen North
American tree (Juniperus Virginiana) having a fragrant red-colored heartwood. (b) A tree of India and
Australia (Cedrela Toona) having fragrant reddish wood; — called also toon tree in India. — Red chalk.
See under Chalk. — Red copper (Min.), red oxide of copper; cuprite. — Red coral (Zoöl.), the
precious coral See Illusts. of Coral and Gorgonlacea. — Red cross. The cross of St. George,
the national emblem of the English. (b) The Geneva cross. See Geneva convention, and Geneva
cross, under Geneva. — Red currant. (Bot.) See Currant. — Red deer. (Zoöl.) (a) The common
stag (Cervus elaphus), native of the forests of the temperate parts of Europe and Asia. It is very similar
to the American elk, or wapiti. (b) The Virginia deer. See Deer. — Red duck (Zoöl.), a European
reddish brown duck (Fuligula nyroca); — called also ferruginous duck. — Red ebony. (Bot.) See
Grenadillo. — Red empress (Zoöl.), a butterfly. See Tortoise shell. — Red fir (Bot.), a coniferous
tree (Pseudotsuga Douglasii) found from British Columbia to Texas, and highly valued for its durable
timber. The name is sometimes given to other coniferous trees, as the Norway spruce and the American
Abies magnifica and A. nobilis. — Red fire. (Pyrotech.) See Blue fire, under Fire. — Red flag.
See under Flag. — Red fox (Zoöl.), the common American fox which is usually reddish in color. —
Red grouse (Zoöl.), the Scotch grouse, or ptarmigan. See under Ptarmigan. — Red gum, or Red
gum-tree (Bot.), a name given to eight Australian species of Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus amygdalina,
resinifera, etc.) which yield a reddish gum resin. See Eucalyptus. — Red hand (Her.), a left hand
appaumé, fingers erect, borne on an escutcheon, being the mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland; — called also Badge of Ulster. — Red herring, the common herring dried
and smoked. — Red horse. (Zoöl.) (a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially Moxostoma
macrolepidotum and allied species. (b) See the Note under Drumfish. — Red lead. (Chem) See
under Lead, and Minium. — Red-lead ore. (Min.) Same as Crocoite. — Red liquor (Dyeing), a
solution consisting essentially of aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of dyestuffs on
vegetable fiber; — so called because used originally for red dyestuffs. Called also red mordant. — Red
maggot (Zoöl.), the larva of the wheat midge. — Red manganese. (Min.) Same as Rhodochrosite.
— Red man, one of the American Indians; — so called from his color. — Red maple (Bot.), a species
of maple (Acer rubrum). See Maple. — Red mite. (Zoöl.) See Red spider, below. — Red mulberry
(Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple color — Red mullet (Zoöl.), the surmullet. See Mullet.
— Red ocher (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a reddish color. — Red perch (Zoöl.), the
rosefish. — Red phosphorus. (Chem.) See under Phosphorus. — Red pine (Bot.), an American
species of pine (Pinus resinosa); — so named from its reddish bark. — Red precipitate. See under
Precipitate. — Red Republican (European Politics), originally, one who maintained extreme republican
doctrines in France, — because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an extreme radical in social
reform. [Cant] — Red ribbon, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England. — Red sanders. (Bot.)
See Sanders. — Red sandstone. (Geol.) See under Sandstone. — Red scale (Zoöl.), a scale
insect (Aspidiotus aurantii) very injurious to the orange tree in California and Australia. — Red silver
(Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or reddish black color. It includes proustite, or light red silver,
and pyrargyrite, or dark red silver. — Red snapper (Zoöl.), a large fish (Lutlanus aya or Blackfordii)
abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and about the Florida reefs. — Red snow, snow colored by a mocroscopic
