mordant
adjective
sharply caustic or sarcastic, as wit or a speaker; biting.
mordanting
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present participleof mordant.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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The mordanting operation aims at fixing upon the fibre the necessary metallic oxide or insoluble basic salt, which is called the mordant, although the term is also applied to the original metallic salt employed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
Or a mordanting salt may be used, containing some volatile acid that on being subjected to a subsequent steaming is decomposed.
From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Franklin Beech
Before mordanting with alum, the cotton is often prepared with tannic acid.
From Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer by Ethel M. Mairet
Prior to their introduction cotton dyeing was always more or less complicated and mordanting methods had to be employed.
From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Franklin Beech
The brightest yellows are got from it by mordanting with tin.
From Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer by Ethel M. Mairet
