Dye
[daɪ]
Definition
(noun.) a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair.
(verb.) color with dye; 'Please dye these shoes'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as by the application of dyestuffs.
(n.) Color produced by dyeing.
(n.) Material used for dyeing; a dyestuff.
(n.) Same as Die, a lot.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Coloring liquor.[2]. Color, hue, tint, tinge, stain, cast, shade.
v. a. Color, tinge, stain.
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Definition
n. (Spens.). Same as Die (2).
v.t. to stain: to give a new colour to:—pr.p. dye′ing; pa.p. dyed.—n. colour: tinge: stain: a colouring liquid.—ns. Dye′-house a building in which dyeing is done; Dye′ing the art of imparting colours to textile and other materials such as cotton silk wool and leather; Dy′er one whose trade is to dye cloth &c.; Dy′er's-broom a European shrubby plant thoroughly naturalised in some parts of North America—a well-known source of yellow colouring matter; Dy′er's-weed the woad weld or yellow weed yielding a yellow dye; Dye′-stuff material used in dyeing; Dye′-wood any wood from which material is obtained for dyeing; Dye′-work an establishment for dyeing.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see the dyeing of cloth or garments in process, your bad or good luck depends on the color. Blues, reds and gold, indicate prosperity; black and white, indicate sorrow in all forms.
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Examples
- We have nothing but one single dye to contemplate, in order to comprehend one of the most curious operations of the understanding. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- You know the way in which dyers first prepare the white ground and then lay on the dye of purple or of any other colour. Plato. The Republic.
- One reason for this is that the dye used to color the fabric requires a clear white background, and loses its characteristic hues when its foundation is yellow instead of white. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- If magenta is replaced by other artificial dyes,--for example, scarlets,--the result is similar; in general, wool material absorbs dye readily, and uniting with it is permanently dyed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Mr. Moore haunted his mill, his mill-yard, his dye-house, and his warehouse till the sickly dawn strengthened into day. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- We have already seen the influence of the two first qualities of the dye, viz. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- So great was the commercial demand for dyestuffs that large areas of land were given over to the exclusive cultivation of the more important dye plants. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The dealer in dyes and wigs was a shrewd and canny man. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In dyes artificial alizarine, by Graebe and Lieberman (Pat. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- If magenta is replaced by other artificial dyes,--for example, scarlets,--the result is similar; in general, wool material absorbs dye readily, and uniting with it is permanently dyed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Stained-glass windows owe their charm and beauty to the presence in the glass of various dyes and pigments which absorb in different amounts some colors from white light and transmit others. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I think I shall trade, said he, leaning back in his chair, to the East Indies, for silks, shawls, spices, dyes, drugs, and precious woods. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The alizarine dyes are for the most part the artificial kind made by German chemists. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Benzoate of soda, and salicylic acid are the chemicals most widely employed for this purpose, with coal-tar dyes to simulate the natural color of the fruit. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The red ball is dyed after seasoning, and at the time of final turning called finishing. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When yarn is dyed, the coloring matter penetrates to every part of the fiber, and hence the patterns formed by the weaving together of well-dyed yarns are very fast to light and water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- As if his whole career and character were not being dyed one colour! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If magenta is replaced by other artificial dyes,--for example, scarlets,--the result is similar; in general, wool material absorbs dye readily, and uniting with it is permanently dyed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Rawdon himself trembled, and his face grew purple behind his dyed mustachios. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- My notions are dyed in faster colours than yours, Joe. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Colours dyed in this way become fixed, and no soap or lye will ever wash them out. Plato. The Republic.
- The cloth, the greasy wool, the polluting dyeing-vats? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- One of the most important and lucrative industrial processes of the world to-day is that of staining and dyeing. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Possibly no industry has been more affected by chemical discovery than that of dyeing. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Besides metallurg y they practiced the arts of weaving, dyeing, distillation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He had come upon a new method of dyeing hair and preparing it to be made into wigs. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- About this time, both in England and America, machines had been devised for sewing lengths of calico and other cloths together, previous to bleaching, dyeing or printing. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The matter added to facilitate spinning and weaving generally detracts from the appearance of the uncolored fabric, and also interferes with successful dyeing. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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