Ochre
['əʊkə] or ['okɚ]
Definition
(n.) A impure earthy ore of iron or a ferruginous clay, usually red (hematite) or yellow (limonite), -- used as a pigment in making paints, etc. The name is also applied to clays of other colors.
(n.) A metallic oxide occurring in earthy form; as, tungstic ocher or tungstite.
(n.) See Ocher.
Typed by Abe
Definition
n. a fine clay mostly pale yellow used for colouring walls &c.: (slang) money esp. gold.—adjs. O′cherous Ochrā′ceous O′chreous O′chroid O′chry consisting of containing or resembling ochre.
Editor: William
Examples
- For the balance of the day and all the following night we raced across that ochre wilderness with the pursuers at our back ever gaining upon us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- If you want to cheek us, pay your ochre at the doors and take it out. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Yellow ochre stirred in makes yellow wash, but chrome goes further, and makes a color generally esteemed prettier. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The usual proportions for the compound are, phosphorus four parts, nitre ten, glue six, red ochre five, and smalt two. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
Typist: Rosa