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

They also serve as substitutes for fustic in wool or silk dyeing, and are dyed either on a chromium mordant, or first in an acid bath and afterwards saddened with bichromate of potash.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

Staining with saffron or fustic for five minutes, and then with indigo for the same time, produces a clear pea green; with indigo for ten minutes, a deep grass green.

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

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 Mairet, Ethel M.

To dye an orange, first make it a turkey red with Brazil-wood and alum water, then finish with turmeric and fustic till the colour pleases you.

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

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

From Wood and Forest by Noyes, William