单词 | liver colour |
释义 | > as lemmasliver colour liver colour n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > reddish brown > liver liver colour1632 1632 Proclam. Well Ordering Silk Trade 2 It was then conceiued these nine collours, Viz Liuer colour, Deroy, Tawnie, Purple, French greene, Gingerline, Deere colour, Orenge colour or light Russet, could not bee dyed without some increase of weight. a1728 J. Woodward Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils Eng. (1729) i. 232 A Piece of Iron-Ore, of a dark Liver Colour. 1806 W. Henry Epitome Chem. (ed. 4) i. xi. 142 [Sulphurets] have, for the most part, a reddish brown or liver colour; and hence were formerly called hepars, or livers of sulphur. 1934 Times 3 Dec. 17/6 As show dogs and companions they have much to recommend them, their rich golden liver colour being pleasing. 2004 J. R. Gillespie Mod. Livestock & Poultry Production (ed. 7) vii. 580 The chestnut color is red with variations from a light yellow to a dark liver color. < as lemmas |
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