单词 | woading |
释义 | woadingn. 1. The action of dyeing cloth, wool, etc., with woad (woad n.1 2a), esp. prior to dyeing with other colours or dyes. Now rare. The process of woading before further dyeing fixed more fugitive dyes and made them more permanent, and improved the appearance and durability of the material. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > [noun] > processes or techniques masteringa1475 woading1613 aluming1735 saddening1743 bouillon1791 galling1791 dunging1792 piece-dyeing1863 union dyeing1875 batik1880 batiking1880 tie-and-dye1886 cross-dyeing1901 tie-dying1903 vat dyeing1912 tie-dye1926 tied dyeing1928 ikat1931 overdyeing1939 yūzen1958 spin-dyeing1961 1613 J. May Declar. Estate of Clothing 30 The ground of good colours is substantiall woading, without which diuers colours cannot be perfectly made, as blackes, russets,..and such like. 1705 tr. Whole Art of Dying iii. v. 196 He should be obliged to leave..the Marks of Woading in Violets. 1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Dying For a dark green it is given like the former, only darkening more before woading. 1833 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 24 Oct. 1 (advt.) All of which [cloths] having undergone the process of woading can be warranted perfectly fast colours. 1874 York Herald 9 Apr. 6/2 The chief ground on which the cloth was rejected was stated to be that the woading was inferior. 1894 C. Vickerman Woollen Spinning 111 The ‘woading’ of blacks in too many instances has become so much of a formality, the indigo put on is so slight, that the old tests are no longer of any service. 1908 Sphere 21 Mar. 244/3 The British Government insists upon the woading of the materials supplied. 1978 Internat. Dyer 27 Oct. 428/1 Patterns of both red before woading and purple afterwards are attached. 2. The action of planting and growing a crop of woad; the cultivation of woad; cf. woad n.1 1a. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of specific crops > [noun] > woad woading1652 1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved xxxv. 226 Very dry and sound it [sc. the land] must be, and worth about twenty shillings an Acre to grase at least, or else it will not bee worth the Woading. 1771 A. Young Farmer's Tour E. Eng. I. ii. 61 The profit to the landlord of the woading would more than pay all the expences. 1808 Jackson's Oxf. Jrnl. 30 Apr. The Land will bear woading, and in case it should not be sold, it will be let for that purpose. 1967 E. Kerridge Agric. Revol. iii. 219 Woading enjoyed its golden age around the close of the sixteenth century. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1613 |
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