Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
garnet . - - noun A coal-tar color formerly used for dyeing wool or silk brown. It is the potassium or ammonium salt of isopurpuric acid. See
grenate brown , under brown.
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Examples
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By mixing alpha-and beta-naphthols together a variety of grenat and claret reds and browns can be obtained.
The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student Franklin Beech
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They range over every variety of tint of red, from the palest blush-rose to the deepest crimson, and from the most brilliant pink to the dullest grenat shade.
The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics Franklin Beech
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… Au fond, une longue estrade où étaient installées les autorités du collège dans des fauteuils en velours grenat.
Le Petit Chose (part 1) Histoire d'un Enfant Alphonse Daudet 1868
hernesheir commented on the word grenat
"As the winter advances, grenat or claret has become more and more the favorite - it is rich, gay, and generally becoming." --Peterson's Magazine, February 1879.
December 6, 2012