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Definition of Crottle

1. Noun. Any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made.

Definition of Crottle

1. crotal [n -S] - See also: crotal

Medical Definition of Crottle

1. Purple-red colouring agent derived from the lichen Ochrolechia tartarea (family Lecanoraceae) and for the colouring principles from Roccellaceae used for colouring liquid pharmaceutical preparations. Synonym: crottle. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crottle

Literary usage of Crottle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1868)
"Domestic Dye-lichens and Lichen-dyes, the author's chief propositions are as follow:— 2. In the outer Hebrides (Lewis and Harris) "crottle»" (Parmelia ..."

2. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1868)
"The result was the discovery that " crottle " is universally known and used ... The crottle in common use in the Long Island was pointed out to me in its ..."

3. The Field Book: Or, Sports and Pastimes of the United Kingdom; Comp. from (1833)
"After three days' boiling, you must put in two quarts more crottle, ... I never could clean the crottle properly out of the fur for want of being in bags. ..."

4. The Dictionary of Trade Products, Manufacturing, and Technical Terms: With a by Peter Lund Simmonds (1858)
"... tlie white crottle, used in thp preparation of a red or crimson dye. ... aart-lla ¡я another; Parmelia omphalodes is the biack crottle; ..."

5. The Natural Organic Colouring Matters by Arthur George Perkin, Arthur Ernest Everest (1918)
"Under the name of "black crottle" this lichen is employed for dyeing a brown colour in the outer Hebrides (Lewis and Harris); ..."

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