Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fine deep-red ocher, with an admixture of purple, used in India for staining the person.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain. It is the
sil atticum of the ancients. Under the name ofIndian red it is used for polishing glass and silver.
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- noun A deep red
ochre found inSpain ;Indian red .
Etymologies
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Spanish almagra, almagre, from Arabic red clay or earth.
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hernesheir commented on the word almagra
One imagines this might be the original, natural jewelers' rouge, or colcathar.
January 30, 2010