Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In dyeing, a piece of copper attached to doctor-shears to prevent the exposure of too much color to the atmosphere: used for colors susceptible to quick oxidation, such as pencil-blue.
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Examples
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To this day I’m not sure why he said what he did, but in that brief moment I was blasted out of the conventional doctor-box forever.
Meditation as Medicine M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa 2001
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To this day I’m not sure why he said what he did, but in that brief moment I was blasted out of the conventional doctor-box forever.
Meditation as Medicine M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa 2001
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