| 单词 | purple-dyeing |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspurple-dyeing purple-dyeing adj. and n. †(a) adj. (of a substance) that acts as a purple dye (obsolete); (b) n. the process or practice of dyeing cloth purple. ΚΠ 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse v. f. 33v Murex, the purple fish, who yeldes her purple-dying humor, being but once strucke. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Trumpet-shell The purple-dying liquor of the buccinum. 1858 National Mag. Feb. 130/1 Long subsequent to the discovery of the art of purple-dying, any person might wear robes of that color. 1877 Globe Encycl. II. 298/1 Cudbear, a purple dyeing substance prepared from various lichens. 2004 L. J. Hall Rom. Berytus x. 231 It is possible to trace the gradual restriction of purple dyeing to government-controlled facilities with occasional attempts by the dyers to sell privately. < as lemmas |
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