Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A direct cotton coal-tar color of unpublished composition.
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Diamine violet N appears, perhaps, of medium fastness on wool and silk, while sulphonazurin, benzo-black blue, and direct gray may claim the same distinction on silk.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 Various
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