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fustic
[ fuhs-tik ]
noun
- the wood of a large, tropical American tree, Chlorophora tinctoria, of the mulberry family, yielding a light-yellow dye.
- the tree itself.
- the dye.
- any of several other dyewoods.
fustic
/ ˈfʌstɪk /
noun
- Also calledold fustic a large tropical American moraceous tree, Chlorophora tinctoria
- the yellow dye obtained from the wood of this tree
- any of various trees or shrubs that yield a similar dye, esp Rhus cotinus ( young fustic ), a European sumach
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The old fustic of the English dyer, as the article fustet is their yellow fustic.
Fustic occurs in commerce in blocks, which are brown without, and of a brownish-yellow within.
Fustic--growing at Newcastle, and its vicinity, forbid to be cut without permission from the governor.
By altering the proportions of madder and fustic various shades of brown can be got.
Dip blue-stained articles for a short time in nitro-hydrochlorate of tin, and then in a hot decoction of fustic.
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