| 单词 | woad ball |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswoad ball woad ball n. a ball composed of a quantity (approximately two fistfuls) of crushed leaves of woad (sense 1a); cf. woad net n. ΚΠ 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. lv. 393 The countrie men of Tholose..do not grinde their woade balles [Fr. les pelottes de pastel] into powder, but gather it together by great vessels full, and put it vnder the milstone to presse out the waterish parts of it. 1891 S. P. Sadtler Hand-bk. Industr. Org. Chem. 425 The woad balls improve in quality by keeping for some years, the best variety coming from the south of France under the name of Pastel. 1944 Econ. Hist. Rev. 14 36 The life-like sculpture of two woadmen standing with a bulging sack of woad balls between them. 2009 P. John in T. Bechtold & R. Mussak Handbk. Nat. Colorants viii. 112 Indigo is formed in the acidic environment of the woad ball. < as lemmas |
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