quercitron

American  

[kwur-si-truhn] / ˈkwɜr sɪ trən /

noun

1. an oak, Quercus velutina, of eastern North America, the inner bark of which yields a yellow dye.

2. the bark itself.

3. the dye obtained from this bark.

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Etymology

Origin of quercitron

1785–95; < Latin quer ( cus ) oak + citron

Example Sentences

As a rule they are iron rust, picric acid, turmeric, fustic, weld, Persian berries or quercitron.

From Forty Centuries of Ink or, a chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink. by Carvalho, David Nunes

The dye-woods—fustic, Brazil wood, bar wood, Lima wood, cam wood, cutch, peach wood, quercitron bark, Persian berries—have since the introduction of the direct dyes lost much of their importance and are now little used.

From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Beech, Franklin

About the time of the Revolution the town became a well-known station for the export of quercitron bark, and all the while the clacking mills were busy along the uneasy rapids of the Brandywine.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 by Various

Similarly the dyer proceeds to dye black upon a deep blue basis of indigo, with the ruddy colour of madder and the yellow of quercitron, &c.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas

Brown.—Prepare a bath with 20 lb. cutch, 2 lb. copper sulphate, 4 lb. quercitron extract.

From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Beech, Franklin