单词 | dyers weed |
释义 | dyer's weedn. A name given to plants that yield a dye: esp. Yellow-weed or Weld, Reseda Luteola; also Dyer's greenweed or Woadwaxen, Genista tinctoria, and Dyer's woad, Isatis tinctoria. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > [noun] > names applied to various dye-plants dyer's weed1578 yellows1601 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > [noun] > woad woadeOE ash of Jerusalem1548 glastum?c1550 pastel1578 straw woad1612 dyer's woad1860 dyer's weed1866 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xlvii. 68 Of Dyers weede..The leaues of this herbe are..not much vnlike the leaues of Woad..It is vsed of Dyers to colour and dye their clothes into greene, and yellow. 1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved xxxiv. 222 In our English Welde or Dyars-weed. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xx. 286 Dyers-weed or Weld grows common in barren pastures, dry banks, and on walls. 1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. II. 81 Genista tinctoria, Woad-waxen, Dyer's-whin, Dyer's weed, or Greenweed. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Dyer's-weed..also..Isatis tinctoria. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. (at cited word) Reseda, R. Luteola, the Weld, Yellow-weed, or Dyer's Weed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1578 |
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