Old English | sb | English |
Dy | n | Dung, sediment |
Dye | n | OE: color, hue, dye. 2. color produced by, or as by, dyeing, tinge, hue. 3. a material used for dyeing, especially color matter in solution. |
Dye | vb | To tinge with a color or hue. 2. to fix a colour in the substance of. 3. to take a color (well or badly) in the process of dyeing. |
Dye | phr | "Dyed in the Wool" - lasting, staunch in support. |
Dye | phr | "Of the Deepest Dye" - extreme, fanatical in one's views, opinions. |
Dyehouse | n | A building where a dyer carries on his work, especially of dye. |
Dyeing | n | The process of impregnating with color. 2. the fixing of colors in solution in textiles, etc. |
Dyeless | adj | Without a dye. |
Dyelike | adj | Resembling or characteristic of a dye. |
Dyer | n | One who dyes, esp. one who dyes cloth etc. as an occupation. |
Dyeware | n | A substance which yields a dye. |
Dyewood | n | Brazil wood. 2. any wood from which coloring matter is extracted for dyeing. |
Dyer | n | One who dyes, esp. one who dyes cloth etc. as an occupation. |
Dyer's broom | n | Geinista tinctora, also called Dyer's greenweed. |
Dyer's moss | n | Roccella tinctoria, a lichen from which the purple dye orchil can be prepared. |
Dyer's weed | n | A name for plants that yield a dye, esp. yellow weed or weld, Reseda luteola; also Dyer's greenweed or woadwaxen, and Dyer's woad, Isatis tinctoria. |
Dyer's woad | n | Isatis tinctoria. |
Dying | adj | Connected with, or at the time of, death. |
Dying | phr | "Dying Oath" - an oath made at, or with the solemnity proper to, death. |
Dying | phr | "Dying Saying" - one's final words, as in the case of William Tyndale: "Lord, open the eyes of the King of England (Henry V111)." |
Dying | phr | "To One's Dying Days" - the rest of one's life. |
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