| 单词 | fly-dung bath |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfly-dung bath transitive. In the process of dyeing with madder: To subject for the first time to the process of ‘dunging’: see dung v. Also in combinations as fly-dung bath, fly-dung cistern.The name is said to be due to the fact that the object of the first dunging is to get rid of the ‘flies’ or irregularities in the dyeing. ΚΠ 1860 Higgin in R. Hunt Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 5) I. 531 The fly-dung cistern. 1883 Bleaching, Dyeing & Calico-Print. iii. 73 The fly-dung bath. < as lemmas |
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