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Verdine :: Verdine (n.) A commercial name for green aniline dye.

Chrysoidine :: Chrysoidine (n.) An artificial, yellow, crystalline dye, C6H5N2.C6H3(NH2)2. Also, one of a group of dyestuffs resembling chrysoidine proper..

Safflower :: Safflower (n.) A dyestuff from these flowers. See Safranin (b).

Yellow :: Yellow (v. t.) To make yellow; to cause to have a yellow tinge or color; to dye yellow.

Safranine :: Safranine (n.) An orange-red nitrogenous dyestuff produced artificially by oxidizing certain aniline derivatives, and used in dyeing silk and wool; also, any one of the series of which safranine proper is the type..

Alkanet :: Alkanet (n.) A boraginaceous herb (Alkanna tinctoria) yielding the dye; orchanet.

Indigo :: Indigo (n.) A blue dyestuff obtained from several plants belonging to very different genera and orders; as, the woad, Isatis tinctoria, Indigofera tinctoria, I. Anil, Nereum tinctorium, etc. It is a dark blue earthy substance, tasteless and odorless, with a copper-violet luster when rubbed. Indigo does not exist in the plants as such, but is obtained by decomposition of the glycoside indican..

Stain :: Stain (v. t.) To color, as wood, glass, paper, cloth, or the like, by processess affecting, chemically or otherwise, the material itself; to tinge with a color or colors combining with, or penetrating, the substance; to dye; as, to stain wood with acids, colored washes, paint rubbed in, etc.; to stain glass..

Dye :: Dye (n.) Same as Die, a lot..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the East Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in having its leaves entire. The fruit is of great size, weighing from thirty to forty pounds, and through its soft fibrous matter are scattered the seeds, which are roasted and eaten. The wood is of a yellow color, fine grain, and rather heavy, and is much used in cabinetwork. It is also used for dyeing a brilliant yellow..

Indoaniline :: Indoaniline (n.) Any one of a series of artificial blue dyes, in appearance resembling indigo, for which they are often used as substitutes..

Chay Root :: Chay root () The root of the Oldenlandia umbellata, native in India, which yieds a durable red dyestuff..

Wincing :: Wincing (n.) The act of washing cloth, dipping it in dye, etc., with a wince..

Dye :: Dye (v. t.) To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as by the application of dyestuffs..

Crocetin :: Crocetin (n.) A dyestuff, obtained from the Chinese crocin, which produces a brilliant yellow..

Solferino :: Solferino (n.) A brilliant deep pink color with a purplish tinge, one of the dyes derived from aniline; -- so called from Solferino in Italy, where a battle was fought about the time of its discovery..

Divi-divi :: Divi-divi (n.) A small tree of tropical America (Caesalpinia coriaria), whose legumes contain a large proportion of tannic and gallic acid, and are used by tanners and dyers..

Jambolana :: "Jambolana (n.) A myrtaceous tree of the West Indies and tropical America (Calyptranthes Jambolana), with astringent bark, used for dyeing. It bears an edible fruit..

Zantewood :: Zantewood (n.) A yellow dyewood; fustet; -- called also zante, and zante fustic. See Fustet, and the Note under Fustic..

Rubiretin :: Rubiretin (n.) One of the red dye products extracted from madder root, and probably identical with ruberythrinic acid..

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