Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
ocher .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) See
ocher .
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- noun An earth
pigment containingsilica ,aluminum andferric oxide - noun A somewhat dark
yellowish orange colour - noun molecular biology, colloquial The
stop codon sequence "UAA." - adjective Having a yellow-orange colour.
- adjective archaeology Referring to cultures that covered their dead with ochre.
- verb to cover with ochre
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- noun any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment
- noun a moderate yellow-orange to orange color
- adjective of a moderate orange-yellow color
Etymologies
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Examples
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E'en as a fresco one sees drawn on a wall, painted in ochre,
Psalms of the Sisters Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys 1909
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-- This alludes to the mode of taking the tithe of cattle, which were made to pass singly through a narrow gateway, where a person with a rod, dipped in ochre, stood, and counting them, marked the back of every tenth beast, whether male or female, sound or unsound.
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But, while the people who shop at Walmart and Target make no bones about their purchases: Oprah books, self-help, Grisham, Dan Brown, Danielle Steel, Koontz, etc. (so those stores only stock those titles), those who shop at Indigo want to feel as though they’re of a certain “lifestyle” (so the store puts in couches and offers lattes) and colours the walls whatever yuppy ochre is current.
Movement mounting against Reisman receiving honorary degree 2010
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For the next five centuries the bodies were finished with red ochre, which is found in abundance near Arica.
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Usually the hand is covered with red ochre, which is probably a substitute for blood; and the impression of the hand is made on the wall of a temple in token of a vow.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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Burnt ochre, which is very serviceable in stucco work, is made as follows.
The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio
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We shall first set forth the natural colours that are dug up as such, like yellow ochre, which is termed [Greek: ôchra] in Greek.
The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio
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Such change cannot take place in ochre, which is altogether a mineral substance.
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While the men are out with the cattle, the women spend the day in the village - a few grinding ochre, which is mixed with animal fat and smoothed all over their bodies to protect their skin.
unknown title 2009
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At Marni, the perennial home of the eccentric, unexpected combinations such as ochre Bermuda shorts, knee socks and reading spectacles recall "Little Edie" Beale.
Le Freak, C Josh Patner 2010
chained_bear commented on the word ochre
When I see this word, I always start singing the lyric "How'd you like a flag that features fleur-de-lys on ochre corrugated tin?"
October 6, 2008
bilby commented on the word ochre
From which song is that lyric?
October 6, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word ochre
"Everybody Wants to Be an Art Director" by Stan Freberg.
October 6, 2008
bilby commented on the word ochre
Thank you. I ask because my state flag has a desert rose (okay, not fleur-de-lys but at least a fleur) on an ochre background, and corrugated tin/iron is somewhat cherished as a building material here. Strange.
October 6, 2008
reesetee commented on the word ochre
I lurve Stan Freberg.
October 7, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word ochre
bilby, I just found this again and wondered if you'd be interested in the lyrics found on puce.
April 17, 2009
bilby commented on the word ochre
Ah, yep. Got'em now. Lyric makes sense :-) But do you think Freberg hates freedom?
April 17, 2009