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woad

[ wohd ]

noun

  1. a European plant, Isatis tinctoria, of the mustard family, formerly cultivated for a blue dye extracted from its leaves.
  2. the dye extracted from this plant.


woad

/ ·Éəʊ»å /

noun

  1. a European plant, Isatis tinctoria, formerly cultivated for its leaves, which yield a blue dye: family Brassicaceae (crucifers) See also dyer's-weed dyer's rocket
  2. the dye obtained from this plant, used esp by the ancient Britons, as a body dye
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of woad1

before 1000; Middle English wode, Old English ·ÉÄå»å (cognate with German Waid ); akin to French ²µ³Üè»å±ð, Medieval Latin waizda < Germanic
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of woad1

Old English ·ÉÄå»å; related to Old High German weit; Middle Dutch ·Éŧ»å, Latin vitrum
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Meanwhile, the woad leaves were heated and then cooled in water to create natural indigo dye to colour the linen blue.

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The jeans are made from flax and woad planted on unused ground along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

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"Cheaper plant substitutes, such as madder or woad, did not come around until the Middle Ages, so until that time Murex purple was the only source."

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Dyer’s woad, a knee-high weed from Russia that lights up roadsides with golden blossoms across the West, is a case study of how dogs can eradicate invasives that elude human crews.

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The teeth in their sockets like dental molds, the crude tattoos etched in some homebrewed woad faded in the beggared sunlight.

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