释义 |
dyeing, vbl. n.|ˈdaɪɪŋ| Also 6–9 dying. [f. dye v. + -ing1.] The process of impregnating with colour; esp. the fixing of colours in solution in textile and other absorbent substances.
c1000ælfric Hom. II. 464 Ne mihte se wuldorfulla Salomon, ne nan eorðlic cyning swa wlitiᵹe deaᵹunge his hræᵹlum beᵹytan swa swa rose hæfð. 1530Palsgr. 213/2 Dieng with colour, taincture. 1548Act 2 & 3 Edw. VI, c. 26 Preamb., White Ashes..are very necessarie..for the.. dyinge and scowringe of wollen clothe. 1731–59Miller Gard. Dict. (ed. 7) s.v. Cæsalpinia, The Brasiletto wood which is much used in Dying. 1877C. O'Neill in Encycl. Brit. VII. 570/2 The term dyeing..is usually confined to the colouring of textile fibrous materials by penetration. b. attrib. and Comb., as dyeing-drug, dyeing-earth, dyeing-goods, dyeing-herb, dyeing-liquor, dyeing-material, dyeing-stuff, dyeing-wood, etc.; also dyeing-frame, one on which articles are hung when dipped simultaneously into the dye.
1530Palsgr. 213/2 Dieng fatte or leed, couier. 1670R. Coke Disc. Trade 34 All sorts of Dying stuffs, Hides, [etc.]. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 161 Dying-woods and dying-earths. 1735Berkeley Querist §509 Saffron, dying drugs, and the like produce. 1813Sir H. Davy Agric. Chem. (1814) 73 Dyeing materials are furnished by leaves, or the petals of flowers. 1875Ure's Dict. Arts II. 792 When the dyeing-frame is raised up out of the copper, it should be tilted on one side. |