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Brewer's: Dyeing Scarlet
Drinking deep. Drinking dyes the face scarlet. “They call drinking deep, dyeing scarlet.” - Shakespeare: 1 Henry IV ii. 4. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Meliboean; Dye
A rich purple. Meliboea, in Thessaly, was famous for the ostrum, a fish used in dyeing purple. A military vest of purple flowed, Lovelier than Meliboean. Milton: Paradise Lost, xi. 242.…dye
(Encyclopedia) dye, any substance, natural or synthetic, used to color various materials, especially textiles, leather, and food. Natural dyes are so called because they are obtained from plants (e.g…henna
(Encyclopedia) henna, name for a reddish or black hair dye obtained from the powdered leaves and young shoots of the mignonette tree, or henna shrub (Lawsonia inermis), an Old World shrub of the…tie-dyeing
(Encyclopedia) tie-dyeing, dyeing method used by hand-loom weavers of ancient times. It became popular during the craft revival of the 1960s. The fabric to be colored is tied or knotted at intervals…Dye, Pete
(Encyclopedia) Dye, Pete (Paul Dye, Jr.), 1925–2020, American golf course architect, often regarded as the father of modern golf course architecture, b. Urbana, Ohio. He was a successful amateur…cochineal
(Encyclopedia) cochinealcochinealkŏchĭnēlˈ, kŏchˈĭnēl [key], natural dye obtained from an extract of the bodies of the females of the cochineal bug (Dactylopius confusus) found on certain species of…logwood
(Encyclopedia) logwood, small, thorny tree (Haematoxylon campechianum) of the family Leguminosae (pulse family) native to tropical America and introduced into other tropical regions. The brown-red…lake, in dyeing
(Encyclopedia) lake, in dyeing, an insoluble pigment formed by the reaction between an organic dye and a mordant. The color of a lake depends upon the mordant as well as the dye used. Generally,…woad
(Encyclopedia) woad, name for a perennial plant (Isatis tinctoria) of the family Cruciferae (or Brassicaceae; mustard family) and for a blue dye obtained from its leaves. The plant is believed to be…Trending
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