Designating a colour, esp. black, that results from dyeing cloth or wool that has previously been dyed with woad; cf. woading, n. 1. Also…

Treated with a decoction of gall-nuts.

That is dyed with a second colour; dyed too deeply. Also figurative.

dyed ‘in the wool’ (see 1g (c)).

Of cloth: dyed after it is woven.

Dyeing. Treated with a solution of a chromium-containing salt (see chrome, n. 2b) such as potassium dichromate.

dyed while in the state of yarn or thread.

Used attributively and absol. with reference to a technique of dyeing silk fabric in which rice-paste is applied to areas which are not to be dyed…

(of leather) coloured by immersion in a box or tray of dye.

attributive. Used in or relating to the process of applying a mordant to an already dyed material; designating this process; (of a dye) subjected…

attributive passing into adj. Executed by the art or method of batik; of, or ornamented with, batik work; hence, loosely, characterized by a…

That has undergone the process of spinning; formed, fabricated, or prepared by spinning. Of wool, silk, or other material; also spec. of normally…