archil
Americannoun
noun
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The British came for the cheap labour, goats, donkeys, salt, turtles, amber and archil, a special ink that was used in British clothes manufacturing.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2024
If a wine colored with archil and one colored with cudbear are treated treated according to Romei's method, the former gives, with basic lead acetate, a blue, and the latter a fine violet precipitate.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 by Various
Take a little pinch of archil, and put some boiling-hot water upon it, add to it a very little lump of pear-lash.
From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel
If the electric spark be taken in it when it is confined by water tinged with archil, it is presently changed from blue to red, and that to a very great degree.
From Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Priestley, Joseph
French purple or lime lake is a lichen dye prepared by a modification of the archil process, and is a more brilliant and durable colour than the other.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
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