Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In engineering, a small bridge or culvert.
- noun Same as
cochineal red A . - noun In botany, a corn-poppy.—
- noun Corn-poppy color; a flame-color.
- noun In dyeing, the name for various coal-tar colors of different red shades.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry Any of a number of red
pigments , some of which are used asindicators
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Examples
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The additives assessed in the study included sodium benzoate, sunset yellow, carmoisine, ponceau 4R, tartrazine, quinoline yellow and allura red.
duh pookie 2009
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The additives assessed in the study included sodium benzoate, sunset yellow, carmoisine, ponceau 4R, tartrazine, quinoline yellow and allura red.
duh pookie 2009
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Red No. 7 (ponceau 4R, not approved in the U.S.), and Red No. 40 (allura red).
9 Food Additives Possibly Linked To ADHD (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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This last reaction not being very distinct, red-wood shades might be mistaken for those of artificial ponceau but for the superior brightness of the latter.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 Various
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Alizarine red WR, for yellow touch ponceau or scarlet,
Scientific American Supplement, No. 530, February 27, 1886 Various
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Artificial ponceau does not undergo any change on treatment with hydrochloric acid, and resists potash.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 Various
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Then her house came under consideration: she depicted the bright glory of the new _ponceau_ furniture, as contrasted with shocking old faded things -- and she glanced significantly toward Mrs. Lawson's sofas and chairs.
International Weekly Miscellany of Literature, Art, and Science — Volume 1, No. 4, July 22, 1850 Various
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Rocelline affords the same reactions as artificial ponceau, but if steeped in a concentrated solution of stannous chloride it is in time completely discharged, which is not the case with artificial ponceau.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 Various
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The fourth group comprises saffranine, azo-dinaphthyldiamine, rosolic acid, coralline, pure eosine and cosine modified by a salt of lead, coccina, artificial ponceau, and red-wood.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 Various
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Fiddy's bedchamber, and by the mere sleight of hand of tying on a worked apron with vine clusters and leaves and tendrils all in purple and green floss silks, pinning a pink bow under her mob-cap, and sticking in her bosom a bunch of dewy ponceau polyanthuses, had beat him most completely.
Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes Sarah Tytler 1870
reesetee commented on the word ponceau
a vivid red to reddish-orange color
April 10, 2007
arby commented on the word ponceau
Sounds French.. This word makes me think of ponce.
July 27, 2007
reesetee commented on the word ponceau
de Leon?
July 27, 2007
uselessness commented on the word ponceau
A delightful new fragrance inspired by the bilge rats aboard the legendary explorer's ships.
July 27, 2007
reesetee commented on the word ponceau
Lovely! *splashing it on my face*
July 27, 2007
arby commented on the word ponceau
Ha! No, I meant the English derogatory term for homosexual. They use it both as a noun and a verb - "to ponce about the place", for example.
August 12, 2007