ochre

“E'en as a fresco one sees drawn on a wall, painted in ochre,”

Psalms of the Sisters

“-- This alludes to the mode of taking the tithe of cattle, which were made to pass singly through a narrow gateway, where a person with a rod, dipped in ochre, stood, and counting them, marked the back of every tenth beast, whether male or female, sound or unsound.”

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

“But, while the people who shop at Walmart and Target make no bones about their purchases: Oprah books, self-help, Grisham, Dan Brown, Danielle Steel, Koontz, etc. (so those stores only stock those titles), those who shop at Indigo want to feel as though they’re of a certain “lifestyle” (so the store puts in couches and offers lattes) and colours the walls whatever yuppy ochre is current.”

Movement mounting against Reisman receiving honorary degree

“For the next five centuries the bodies were finished with red ochre, which is found in abundance near Arica.”

Making the Dead Beautiful: Mummies as Art

“Usually the hand is covered with red ochre, which is probably a substitute for blood; and the impression of the hand is made on the wall of a temple in token of a vow.”

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II

“Burnt ochre, which is very serviceable in stucco work, is made as follows.”

The Ten Books on Architecture

“We shall first set forth the natural colours that are dug up as such, like yellow ochre, which is termed [Greek: ôchra] in Greek.”

The Ten Books on Architecture

“Such change cannot take place in ochre, which is altogether a mineral substance.”

Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2 In Which the Elements of that Science Are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated by Experiments

“At Marni, the perennial home of the eccentric, unexpected combinations such as ochre Bermuda shorts, knee socks and reading spectacles recall "Little Edie" Beale.”

The Wall Street Journal: Le Freak, C