Red Sea
proper noun
- seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean
Wiktionary
name
Etymology: From Middle English Red See, Reede See, Rede See, reade sea, from Old English Rēad Sǣ, a calque of Latin Mare Rubrum, itself a calque of Ancient Greek Ἐρυθρᾱ̀ θάλασσα (Eruthrā̀ thálassa); equivalent to red + sea.
- A long, narrow sea between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula; links the Suez Canal with the Arabian Sea.
- A governorate in eastern Egypt
- The states of the western and southern United States which consistently vote Republican in presidential elections.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English Red See, Reede See, Rede See, reade sea, from Old English Rēad Sǣ, a calque of Latin Mare Rubrum, itself a calque of Ancient Greek Ἐρυθρᾱ̀ θάλασσα (Eruthrā̀ thálassa); equivalent to red + sea.
- A great quantity of blood.
“And all this while the red sea of her blood Ebd with Leander.”
“The ghost of a creed […] may be laid, after all, only in a Red Sea of blood.”
- (A quantity of) blood discharged through the vagina during menstruation.
“Woman's menstrual blood, as symbolized in the "red carpet" or "red-sea of life," paved the way for the processions of queens, kings, brides and heroes.”
“Hydrogen peroxide: Use 3% (the kind you use for cuts) on the stains you get on your sheets when you're flagging and your lover has parted your red sea.”
- A great quantity of reddish liquid, such as wine.
“Oyl-steep'd Anchovie, landed from his brine, Came freely swimming in red seas of wine.”
“[…] will not get them gone for plain English, we will have one of Father Bacon's pupils from Oxford, to conjure [troublesome thoughts] away with logic and with Hebrew — Or, what say you to laying them in a glorious red sea of claret, my noble guest?”