Emily Dickinson Lexicon

red (-s), n. [OE réad < Germanic *rauðo-z.] (webplay: bird, blood, breast, bright, color, decline, down, eyes, flame, hues, summer, teach, tree, whites).

1. Vermillion; crimson; scarlet.
2. Deeply-saturated color [referring to light resulting from the rising or setting sun]; [fig.] beauty; majesty; brilliance; vividness; fire; flame; blaze; sunrise or sunset.
3. [Fig.] blood.