archil
Americannoun
noun
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The British came for the cheap labour, goats, donkeys, salt, turtles, amber and archil, a special ink that was used in British clothes manufacturing.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2024
The lower part from a was filled with water tinged blue, or rather purple, with the juice of turnsole, or archil.
From Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Priestley, Joseph
In the preparation of archil liquor the principles which yield the dye are separated from the ligneous tissue of the lichens, agitated with a hot ammoniacal solution, and exposed to the action of air.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
When the electric spark was taken in it, it was confined by a quantity of water tinged blue with the juice of archil, but the colour remained unchanged.
From Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Priestley, Joseph
If the wine is colored with archil, on prolonged heating, after the addition of ammonia, it is decolorized.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 by Various
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