Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The coloring matter of red sandalwood, which may be obtained by evaporating the alcoholic infusion to dryness. It is a red resin, fusible at 212° F., and is very soluble in acetic acid, as well as in alcohol, essential oils, and alkaline lyes.
Wiktionary
- n. the red dye otherwise known as santalic acid
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Chem.) Santalic acid. See santalic.
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“From it is produced santalin, with which certain tinctures are made.”
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In The Colorhouse
A colorhouse - a manufactory of colors for tints, dyes, pigments, paints, glazes, &c. Terms associated with the science and history of colormaking.
All sorts of things went into color...colorhouse, Turkey red, dyebath, woad, ocher, lead white, mordant, Naples yellow, zaffer, kiln, vat, pot and 298 more...
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