fustic

• =Dyeing.= A bath of logwood liquor is prepared to which is added 10 per cent of fustic, and the solution is brought to a temperature of 150 degrees F. In this the silk is entered and worked for an hour, then taken out and wrung dry. —  Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades
• The more fustic, the brighter the olive; the more oak bark, the darker the shade. —  A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School
• They are valuable for their wood, which produces a fine yellow dye, known by the name of `fustic-wood.' —  The Boy Hunters
• In the case of the natural dye-stuffs--logwood, fustic, Persian berries, Brazil wood, camwood, cochineal, quercitron, cutch, etc.--which belong to this group of "mordant dyes," the whole of the material does not enter into the operation, but only a certain constituent contained therein, which is commonly soluble in boiling water, and extracted out by boiling. —  The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student
• This includes such dyes as logwood, fustic, madder, alizarine, and all the dyes derived from anthracene. —  The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student

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