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1. aal, n. View full entry 1799
...The noni or Indian mulberry, Morinda citrifolia. Also: the reddish dye obtained from this plant, used (esp. formerly) in India to colour cotton fabrics. Cf. Morinda...
2. adjective, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Grammar. That is an adjective (sense B. 1a)....
3. after-chrome, adj. View full entry 1904
...attrib. Used in or relating to the process of applying a mordant to an already dyed material; designating this process; (of a dye) subjected to or requiring after-chroming....
4. age, v. View full entry 1440
...intr. Of a person, animal, or thing: to grow old; to become or appear aged....
5. ageing, n. View full entry 1549
...The process of growing old....
6. album graecum, n. View full entry 1584
...The dry white excrement of a dog, hyena, or other bone-eating carnivore, esp. when used as an ingredient in medicinal preparations or in dyeing and tanning....
7. alcanna, n. View full entry ?a1425
...Alkanet, Alkanna tinctoria, a southern European plant with a root which is used to produce a red dye; the root of this plant or the dye (or other extract) itself....
8. Aleppo, n. View full entry 1698
...(in full Aleppo oak gall) a hard nut-like gall that forms on any of several oaks (esp. the gall or dyer's oak, Q. lusitanica), in response to the...
9. alizari, n. View full entry 1769
...The root of the either of two plants of the genus Rubia used to produce the red dye madder, wild madder, R. peregrina, and common madder, R....
10. alizarin, n. and adj. View full entry 1827
...Chem. An orange-red substance, 1,2-dihydroxyanthraquinone, originally extracted from madder root (genus Rubia) and subsequently synthesized from anthracene....
11. alkanet, n. View full entry 1343
...A red dye obtained from the root of the plant Alkanna tinctoria (see sense 2), and used for various purposes including dyeing cloth and (now esp.) as a...
12. alterant, adj. and n. View full entry 1626
...That causes alteration or change. Now rare....
13. alum, n.1 View full entry a1398
...An astringent mineral salt, typically occurring as colourless or whitish crystals, that is used as a mordant for dyeing, in tanning, for sizing paper and fireproofing materials, in water purification, and in...
14. alum, v. View full entry ?a1425
...trans. To infuse or impregnate with alum; to treat or coat with alum....
15. aluming, n. View full entry 1583
...The action of alum...
16. aluminium, n. and adj. View full entry 1811
...A silvery-grey metallic chemical element, atomic number 13, which is comparatively light in weight, strong, and corrosion-resistant, and is widely used (esp. in the form of alloys) in manufacturing and construction. Symbol...
17. amarant(h), n. View full entry 1551
...An imaginary flower reputed never to fade; a fadeless flower (as a poetic conception). Also attrib....
18. anatta | anatto, n. View full entry 1667
...An orange-red dye, procured in Central America from the waxy pulp surrounding the seeds of the Bixa orellana; used in dyeing, and for colouring cheese....
19. anil, n. View full entry 1581
...The Indigo shrub; the native name of the E. Indian species (Indigofera tinctoria); but in Bot. the trivial name of the W. Indian Indigo (I. anil)....
20. archil, n. View full entry 1551
...A name given to various species of lichens, also called Orchil and Orchilla-weed (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which yield a violet dye, and the chemical test substance litmus. Also: The colouring-matter...
