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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A peculiar coloring matter derived from
Roccella tinctoria and other lichens, used in the preparation of test-papers for chemical operations. Seelitmus , and test-paper (under paper).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
archil .
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- noun
archil
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