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
Roccella, rok-sel′a, n. a genus of parmeliaceous lichens, yielding dyers' archil or orchil.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 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
When the electric spark was taken in it, it was confined by a quantity of water tinged blue with the juice of archil, but the colour remained unchanged.
From Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Priestley, Joseph
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