crottle
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A cinnamon brown may be made with a little madder, or stone crottle, boiled with alum and tartar, with a little turmeric to finish it.
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The crottle is put into the bath with a sufficient quantity of water, boiled up, allowed to cool, then boiled up with the wool until the shade required is got.
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An amber may be made with red, and finished with yellow dye; the first with stone crottle or madder, and finish with turmeric bark; the yellow with alum water.
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A crottle or red orange, boil madder and stone crottle together, and bark with alum water; the madder will do if the crottle cannot be had.
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The crottle grows on stones in rocky places, like red moss.
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