v. Obs. Also 4 envermail. [ad. OF. envermeiller, f. en (see EN-1) + vermeil, vermeille vermilion-colored: see VERMEIL.] trans. To tinge as with vermilion; to give a ruddy color to. Hence Envermeiled ppl. a., roseate, ruddy.
14[?]. [? Lydg.], Ball. our Ladie, in Chaucer’s Wks. (1561), cccxxix b. Uinarie enuermailed, refresher of our blood.
1625–6. Milton, Death Fair Infant, 1. That lovely dye That did thy cheek envermeil.
1822. Beddoes, Bride’s Tragedy, IV. iii. How blushes open their envermeiled leaves On her fair features.
