fustic

American  

[fuhs-tik] / ˈfʌs tɪk /

noun

1. the wood of a large, tropical American tree, Chlorophora tinctoria, of the mulberry family, yielding a light-yellow dye.

2. the tree itself.

3. the dye.

4. any of several other dyewoods.

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fustic British  

/ ˈfʌstɪk /

noun

1. Also called: old fustic.  a large tropical American moraceous tree, Chlorophora tinctoria

2. the yellow dye obtained from the wood of this tree

3. any of various trees or shrubs that yield a similar dye, esp Rhus cotinus ( young fustic ), a European sumach

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Etymology

Origin of fustic

1425–75; late Middle English fustik < Middle French fustoc < Arabic fustuq < Persian pistah; akin to Greek pistákē pistachio tree

Example Sentences

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fustic

To have a good green, dye blue first, then boil in turmeric and fustic bark, with alum and tartar, as usual.

From Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies by William Blacker

Throw away a quarter of the water and add some with 3/4 oz. fustic extract.

From Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer by Ethel M. Mairet

Wood dyes are obtained by boiling and distilling such woods as sumach, logwood, red sanders, and fustic.

From Wood and Forest by William Noyes

Dye with 8 per cent fustic, 2 per cent madder, 1 per cent cudbear, 2 per cent tartar.

From Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer by Ethel M. Mairet

The greens from fustic are more permanent and yellower.

From Intarsia and Marquetry by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson