Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A prepared form of madder, used by dyers. It is made from garancin by acting on it with superheated steam, so that the purpurin is destroyed, while the alizarin remains unaltered.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A commercial preparation of garancin, yielding fine violet tints.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic A commercial preparation of
garancin , yieldingviolet tints .
Etymologies
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From Pincoff, name of the English manufacturer.
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