Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A blue substance used in dyeing, originally produced from the tar of beech-wood.
Wiktionary
- n. organic chemistry A dark blue dyestuff, the first to be commercially produced.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Chem.) A dark blue substance obtained from wood tar. It consists of hydrocarbons which when oxidized form the orange-yellow eupittonic compounds, the salts of which are dark blue.
Etymologies
- Ancient Greek pitch + beautiful: compare French pittacale. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Like indigo, pittacal is believed to contain nitrogen, but its ultimate composition has not been accurately determined.”
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists
“The mode of separating pittacal has not been clearly described.”
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists
“Our object in noticing this blue has been two-fold: first, to direct attention to wood-tar as a possible source of colour; and secondly, to point to pittacal as a possible substitute for indigo, possessing greater durability.”
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists
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