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- noun Plural form of
carmine .
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Examples
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Kelvin '_' replied to I BAM BAM I's discussion 'Should I do this trade?' keep ur carmines bro.
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Cloth dyes had to be extracted from perishable vegetable sources—rusty carmines from Turkish madder root, or deep blues from the indigo plant—using antiquated processes that required patience, expertise, and constant supervision.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Cloth dyes had to be extracted from perishable vegetable sources—rusty carmines from Turkish madder root, or deep blues from the indigo plant—using antiquated processes that required patience, expertise, and constant supervision.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Cloth dyes had to be extracted from perishable vegetable sources—rusty carmines from Turkish madder root, or deep blues from the indigo plant—using antiquated processes that required patience, expertise, and constant supervision.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Vibrant carmines and scarlets desperately tried to reach out, towards glowing embers that held the hope of the fire's future.
Dearly Beloved Putney, Mary Jo 1990
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In like manner, lakes and carmines thrown down upon a base, may owe some of their fugacity to the oxidation of that base, as well as to the natural infirmity of their colouring matter.
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field
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Failures in the process of burning carmines, and preparing the purple of gold, frequently afford good marrones.
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field
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We have, therefore, blue and other coloured carmines, though the term is usually confined to the crimson and scarlet lakes of cochineal.
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field
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It has been erroneously stated that the finest carmines cannot be made in England, owing to a want of clearness in the atmosphere and a scarcity of sunshine.
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field
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Mrs. Draper, black hawk's eyes in purple rings; white powder over crushed carmines; a black wing of hair folded over grey down.
Mary Olivier: a Life May Sinclair 1904
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