Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A color of an unknown shade.

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  • noun obsolete An extract from the glands of a beaver, reputed to have medicinal value.
  • noun obsolete A plant (probably the castor bean), or a preparation from this plant, reputed to have medicinal value.
  • noun obsolete The color of castory extract.

Etymologies

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From Latin castor (beaver)

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