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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Retaindre, to put into a new colour, to re-die, or die againe.

1705 tr. Whole Art of Dying lxxix. 198 The Dyers of the lesser Dye may also Dye and Re-dye all old Cloaths.

?1791 J. Martin Ess. Art Dying 5 One lady..viewing her scarlet cloak, from right to left, when returned from being dipped or re-dyed.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 70/1 When canaries are ‘a bad colour’, or have grown a paler yellow from age, they are re-dyed.

1871 Harper's Mag. Apr. 750/1 Beautiful, genuine old damask, damask of the Indies, which has never been redyed; how fine and soft.

1937 Amer. Home Apr. 67/1 The rug which had been apple green..was bleached to its natural shade and redyed a soft French blue.

1964 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Tribune 25 Feb. a11/2 Braiding rugs from old nylon stockings from which the color has been removed and then redyed to bright colors.

1997 Select June 32/3 Not long ago all three members were blondes, but they've since redyed. Tommy's still fair-barneted, though.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Reteinture, a re-dying, a second or new dying.

1831 C. Mackenzie Five Thousand Receipts 83/2 Every colour on re-dyeing will take a darker tint than at first.

1896 W. M. Gardner Wool Dyeing 32 This process is frequently resorted to for ‘stripping’ off the colour of dyed material previous to re-dyeing.

2001 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Dec. 308 Piero Tosi, Visconti's beleaguered costume designer, had to oversee 20 redyeings of his soldiers' uniforms before the director approved.