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Characterized by copses. "Copsy villages." "Copsy banks." J. Dyer.

Plain; undyed; -- applied to Indian silk. -- n.

A yellow coal-tar dyestuff which probably consists chiefly of rosolic acid. See Aurin, and Rosolic acid under Rosolic. Red corallin, a red dyestuff which is obtained by treating aurin or rosolic acid with ammonia; -- called also pæonin. -- Yellow corallin. See Aurin.

. C. tinctoria, of the Western plains, the commonest plant of the genus, has been used in dyeing.

l intercourse, as for ungentlemanly conduct. -- Coventry blue, blue thread of a superior dye, made at Coventry, England, and used for embroidery.

To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden. Signed in thy spoil and crimsoned in thy lethe. Shak.

A name given to any one of several yellow or scarlet dyestuffs of artificial production and complex structure. In general they are diazo and sulphonic acid derivatives of benzene and naphthol.

A dyestuff, obtained from the Chinese croicin, which produces a brilliant yellow.

To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth.

A name given to various lichens gathered for dyeing. [Scot.]

of a violet red color, difficult to moisten with water, used for making violet or purple dye. It is prepared from certain species of lichen, especially Lecanora tartarea. Ure.

Lying down; recumbent. J. Dyer.

One of a series of artificial blue or red dyes obtained from quinoline and lepidine and used in calico printing.

lightly and without restraint; to amuse one's self. Where light disports in ever mingling dyes. Pope. Childe Harold basked him in the noontide sun, Disporting there like any other fly. Byron.

legumes contain a large proportion of tannic and gallic acid, and are used by tanners and dyers.

, vegetable, or mineral substance used in the composition of medicines; any stuff used in dyeing or in chemical operations. Whence merchants bring Their spicy drugs. Milton.

A coarse woolen cloth dyed of one color or printed on one side; generally used as a covering for carpets.

kettle for baking, with a cover to hold burning coals. -- Dutch pink, chalk, or whiting dyed yellow, and used in distemper, and for paper staining. etc. Weale. -- Dutch rush (Bot.), a species of horsetail rush or Equisetum (E. hyemale) having a rough, siliceous surface, and used for scouring and polishing; -- called…

A green compound used as a dyestuff, produced from aniline blue when acted upon by acid.

To tinge or dye of a purple color; to color with purple; to impurple. "The deep empurpled ran." Philips.