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dye
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /da?/
- Rhymes: -a?
- Homophones: die, Di, Dai
Etymology 1
From Middle English deie, from Old English d?ah, d?ag (“color, hue, dye”), from Proto-Germanic *daug? (“colour, shade”), from *daugan?, *dug- (“to conceal, be dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewh?- (“to smoke, raise dust, camouflage”).
The verb is from Middle English deien, from Old English d?agian, from the noun.
Alternative forms
- (obsolete) die
Noun
dye (countable and uncountable, plural dyes)
- A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
- Any hue, color, or blee.
Synonyms
- colourant
- tincture
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- ink
Verb
dye (third-person singular simple present dyes, present participle dyeing, simple past and past participle dyed)
- (transitive) To colour with dye, or as if with dye.
Synonyms
- (to color): tint, stain, shade, streak
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
dye (plural dyce)
- Alternative spelling of die (“singular of dice”)
- 1748. David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 46:
- If a dye were marked with one figure or number of spots on four sides, and with another figure or number of spots on the two remaining sides, it would be more probable, that the former would turn up than the latter;
- 1748. David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 46:
Translations
Anagrams
- Dey, dey, ye'd, yed
Afrikaans
Noun
dye
- plural of dy
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French dieu (“god”).
Noun
dye
- god
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fustic
English
Alternative forms
- fustet, fustoc, fustick
Etymology
From Middle English fustik, from Middle French fustec, variant of fustet.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?f?st?k/
- Rhymes: -?st?k
Noun
fustic (usually uncountable, plural fustics)
- A tropical American tree, Maclura tinctoria, whose wood produces a yellow dye.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- ...nor can I tell to this day what wood to call the tree we cut down, except that it was very like the tree we call fustic, or between that and the Nicaragua wood, for it was much of the same colour and smell.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- A European tree, Eurasian smoketree, Cotinus coggygria, whose wood produces an orange dye.
- The wood of these trees.
- A yellow dye obtained from the wood of these trees.
Synonyms
- (American tree): old fustic, fustoc
- (European tree): young fustic, fustet, Venice sumac, Eurasian smoke tree
Translations
References
- fustic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Maclura tinctoria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Maclura on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Eurasian smoketree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cotinus coggygria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Maclura tinctoria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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