different between woaden vs woaded

English

Etymology

From woad +? -en. Compare Old English w?den (“of woad, bluish, purple, woaden”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w??d?n/
• Rhymes: -??d?n

Adjective

woaden (comparative more woaden, superlative most woaden)

1. (archaic) Of or resembling the color of woad; bluish.
   • a. 1770, Thomas Chatterton, The Storie of William Canynge

     No costly robes of woaden blue

Related terms

• woad

English

Etymology

woad +? -ed

Adjective

woaded (comparative more woaded, superlative most woaded)

1. Coloured or stained with woad.

   • Man tattoed or woaded, winter-clad in skins.

Verb

woaded

1. simple past tense and past participle of woad
   • 1776, Temple H. Croker, Thomas Williams, Samuel Clarke, Dye, entry in The Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Volume 1, page 49 or 50,

     The piece which has only been woaded will be sound bluish, with somewhat of a dull green ; if it have been both woaded and maddered, it will be of a tan or minim colour; and if it have been neither woaded nor maddered, its colour will be dunni?h, between yellow and ?allow.

   • 1968, Eric Kerridge, The Agricultural Revolution, page 210,

     The field was then laid to grass and after a dozen years could be woaded again.