| 单词 | woad blue |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswoad blue woad blue n. ΚΠ 1667 W. Petty in T. Sprat Hist. Royal-Soc. 289 Nor is Allum used in many Colours, viz. In no Woad or Indico Blews. 1759 W. Lewis tr. C. Neumann Chem. Wks. 438/1 We know of no other [theory] that accounts, in any degree, for the production of the Indigo and Woad blue. 1828 Amer. Farmer 14 Nov. 279/2 It would be worse than useless to attempt to bring our dyers back to the old expensive but highly permanent process of giving a woad-blue to their goods before coloring them black. 1997 J. Balfour-Paul Indigo in Arab World v. 75 When imported tropical indigo became available the dyers using it considered themselves superior even to the dyers of woad blue and much rivalry resulted. < as lemmas |
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