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He committed himself to the study of garance (Rubia tinctoria) in order to better the production of alizarin (also known as garance), a dye commonly used in the French Army's red trousers.

CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Grace Lackey 2010

He committed himself to the study of garance (Rubia tinctoria) in order to better the production of alizarin (also known as garance), a dye commonly used in the French Army's red trousers.

CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Ashcraft 2010

On we go across the austere plain, between fields of madder, the red roots of the 'garance' lying in swathes along the furrows.

Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III John Addington Symonds 1866

On we go across the austere plain, between fields of madder, the red roots of the 'garance' lying in swathes along the furrows.

Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series John Addington Symonds 1866

For isolated units it could be more interesting to add a personal touch, as for the Waldecker Tuhellenbach Hussars, based on the sky blue / garance / silver lace of late 19th C.

Hesse Seewald Army Uniforms Der Alte Fritz 2008

Ok, I mean, even if you think that garance is dong her interviewing tactic on althouse...which seems unreasoanbale because this is supposedto be a conversation, not a journalistic interview, even if you assume that, garance wasn't baiting althouse at all.

Bloggingheads! Ann Althouse 2007

Althouse, at the end of the diavlog was apologetic and courteous...and then to come back and spew this vitriol and innunendo at garance is unfair and pretty unclassy.

Bloggingheads! Ann Althouse 2007

June 15th, 2006 at 12:17 am and skippy just likes the girls, imho. garance is awfully pretty.

Firedoglake » Late Nite FDL: What Was Your YK Experience? 2006

"Cobalt and a touch of _garance_," threw in Killigrew.

Secret Bread F. Tennyson Jesse

Experience with the madder colors shows that a mixture of alizarin and purpurin yields the most beautiful roses in the steam style, but it is not the same in dyeing, where the roses got with fleur de garance have never been equaled.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881 Various