Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The product obtained by treating pulverized madder, previously exhausted with water, with concentrated sulphuric acid at 100° C. (212° F.), and again washing with water.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) An extract of madder by sulphuric acid. It consists essentially of alizarin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry A
pigment extracted frommadder bysulphuric acid . It consists essentially ofalizarin .
Etymologies
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French garance madder, Latin garantia.
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Examples
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The pieces were passed through aluminate of soda at 18° B., then through ammonium chloride, washed, dyed with garancin, taken through an oil-bath, dried and steamed for an hour, and were finally cleared in the ordinary manner for Turkey-reds.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881 Various
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Goods, mordanted with alumina and dyed with alizarin for reds up to saturation, never reach the brown tone given by fleur or garancin.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881 Various
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