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nacarat|ˈnækəræt|
[F. nacarat, supposed to be ad. Sp. and Pg. nacarado, f. nacar nacre.
If this etym. is correct, the reference is to that species of pinna which is distinguished by its red colour; but the word has also a striking resemblance to Arab. nakaﻋat, a red flower used in dyeing.]
1. A bright orange-red colour.
1727–38Chambers Cycl. s.v. Dying, Nacarat, or bright orange-red, is given with weld, and goats hair, boiled with potashes. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 874. 1853 C. Brontë Villette xxix, A small box I had bought for its brilliancy, made of some tropic shell of the colour called ‘nacarat’. 1854R. H. Patterson Ess. Hist. & Art (1862) 33 We can never ally mahogany to vivid reds,..and more particularly to orange-reds, such as scarlet, nacarat, and aurora.
2. (See quot.)
1839Ure Dict. Arts 874 The nacarat of Portugal or Bezetta is a crape or fine linen fabric, dyed fugitively of the above tint. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. 1505/1. |