Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun see
crottal .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made
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Other dyers use it in the following way: A layer of crottle, a layer of wool, and so on until the bath is full; fill with cold water and bring to the boil, and boil till the colour is deep enough.
Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer Ethel M. Mairet
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The crottle is put into the bath with a sufficient quantity of water, boiled up, allowed to cool, then boiled up with the wool until the shade required is got.
Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer Ethel M. Mairet
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