Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
indigo blue (which see, underindigo ).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) See Indigo blue, under
indigo .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry A dark blue compound that is the principal
dye inindigo
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The woad plant contains less indigotin, the coloring material within the source, and it requires higher heats to create color in textiles.
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In 1865 he started his work on indigo - the blue dye had fascinated him since his youth-and this soon led to the discovery of indole and to the partial synthesis of indigotin.
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To bleach that dye out I'll have to go over his face with a needle, pore by pore, and hammer in the indigotin disulphonic.
The Stars My Destination Bester, Alfred 1956
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To bleach that dye out I'll have to go over his face with a needle, pore by pore, and hammer in the indigotin disulphonic.
The Stars My Destination Bester, Alfred 1956
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Specially worthy of notice are the discoveries of artificial alizarin, in 1868, by Graebe and Liebermann, and of indigotin, in 1878, by Adolf
Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 Various
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But indigo white is an unstable substance on exposure to air, the oxygen of the latter attacks the hydrogen which it has taken up, and indigotin is reformed, the indigo white changing again into indigo blue.
The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student Franklin Beech
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The colouring principle of indigo is a body named indigotin, to which the formula C {16} H {16} N {2} O {2} has been given.
The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student Franklin Beech
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The stamps are usually covered with a black ink made of sulphate of iron, and this is fixed by myrobalans; the Nilgars usually dye a plain blue with indigotin.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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