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To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as by the application of dyestuffs. Cloth to be dyed of divers colors. Trench. The soul is dyed by its thoughts. Lubbock. To dye in the grain, To dye in the wool (Fig.), to dye firmly; to imbue thoroughly. He might truly be termed a legitimate son of the revenue…

A building in which dyeing is carried on.

The process or art of fixing coloring matters permanently and uniformly in the fibers of wool, cotton, etc.

One whose occupation is to dye cloth and the like. Dyer's broom, Dyer's rocket, Dyer's weed. See Dyer's broom, under Broom.

A material used for dyeing.

Any wood from which coloring matter is extracted for dyeing.

To dye or stain. Briton fields with Sarazin blood bedyed. Spenser.

To dye again or twice over. To double-dye their robes in scarlet. J. Webster.

Dyed twice; thoroughly or intensely colored; hence; firmly fixed in opinions or habits; as, a double-dyed villain.

To dye with excess of color; to put one color over (another). Shak.

Dyed before being made into cloth, in distinction from piece- dyed; ingrain.

Tissue which is not stained by fluid dyes. W. Flemming.

st land, and belonging to the genus Alnus. The wood is used by turners, etc.; the bark by dyers and tanners. In the U. S. the species of alder are usually shrubs or small trees. Black alder. (a) A European shrub (Rhamnus frangula); Alder buckthorn. (b) An American species of holly (Ilex verticillata), bearing red berri…

umes of a South American tree (Inga Marthæ). It is valuable for tanning leather, and as a dye.

A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color.

t Indian plant (Indigofera anil), one of the original sources of indigo; also, the indigo dye.

ow largely manufactured from coal tar or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliant dyes are made.

A red or yellowish-red dyeing material, prepared from the pulp surrounding the seeds of a tree (Bixa orellana) belonging to the tropical regions of America. It is used for coloring cheese, butter, etc. [Written also Anatto, Anatta, Annatto, Annotta, etc.]

A violet dye obtained from several species of lichen (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary and Cape Verd Islands, etc. Tomlinson.

pecies of the same genus; -- so called from the city of Avignon, in France. It is used by dyers and painters for coloring yellow. Called also French berry.