Others were ostentatiously daubed with vermilion, and resembled coral statues.

Chickens daubed with vermilion are driven away in the direction of the smoke, and are believed to carry the disease with them.

Each face, held high on a craning neck, was daubed with vermilion, the high crest of hair bristling across the shaven crowns.

The faces of the party were daubed with vermilion, the old men having a spot on the right cheek, the young ones on the left.