单词 | purree |
释义 | purreen. Now rare. The pigment Indian yellow in an unrefined state. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > colouring matter > [noun] > dyes and dyestuffs weldc1374 turmeric1545 yellow berry1652 fust1682 Avignon berry1728 eel-pout1736 yellowroot1755 quercitron1785 brass-colour1797 fustet1821 tesu1823 morin1833 datiscin1835 maize1838 picric acid1838 xanthin1838 moric acid1839 purree1844 nitrophenisic acid1845 rubiacin1848 flavin1853 orellin1857 fustic1858 maize colour1859 fusteric1860 Manchester yellow1862 chrysaniline1864 ilixanthin1865 flavaniline1882 sun-yellow1884 butter yellow1887 African turmeric1888 Indian turmeric1890 weld yellow1899 1844 J. Stenhouse in London, Edinb., & Dublin Philos. Mag. 25 321 (title) Examination of a yellow substance from India called Purree, from which the pigment called Indian Yellow is manufactured. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 669 Purree..is said to be formed from the urine of camels, elephants, and buffaloes, after the animals have eaten the fruit of the mangosteen. 1890 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Gardens, Kew) 49 Piuri is a yellow dye used chiefly in painting walls of houses, doors, and railings. 1908 G. Watt Commerc. Products India 765 One of the curiosities of the industrial uses of the tree [i.e. Mango] is the peori (or Indian yellow) made from the urine of cattle fed on the leaves. 1938 Parnassus 10 26 Genuine Indian yellow is no longer available... Formerly cows were fed on mango leaves, which increases the flow of bile. The yellow urine was collected, dried and sold as Puree from which pigment was made. 1943 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) VI. 424/2 The composition of piuri appears to be variable; a fine sample, according to Graebe.., contained euxanthic acid, 51·0; silicic acid and alumina, 1·5; magnesium, 4·2; calcium, 3·4; water and volatile matter, 39·0 %. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1844 |
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