lodhn.
/ləʊd/ The bark of the East Indian shrub, Symplocos racemosa, used in dyeing. Also lodh-bark.
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styptic1686
base1778
lodh1781
mordant1791
mordicant1799
tin-mordant1839
tin-liquor1858
fixative1870
tin-spirits1877
striker1884
1781 Kerr in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 71 381 To make the silk hold the colour, they boil a handful of the bark called Load in water.
1848 in J. Craig New Universal Dict.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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