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Definition of Dyewoods
1. dyewood [n] - See also: dyewood
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dyewoods
Literary usage of Dyewoods
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Microscopy of Technical Products by Thomas Franz Hanausek (1907)
"147. Rattan, species of Calamus (see p. 255). D. dyewoods.1 dyewoods, notwithstanding
the coal-tar colors, are still of great importance in ..."
2. Cornell's High School Geography: Forming Part Third of a Systematic Series by Sarah S. Cornell (1867)
"... exports are principally sugar, coffee and cotton; besides which, are hides,
horns, tallow, jerked beef, cabinet and dyewoods, drugs, gold and diamonds. ..."
3. A Practical Treatise on Dyeing and Calico-printing; Including the Latest by Edward Andrew Parnell, Robert Macfarlane (1860)
"... Woad—Extracting Coloring Matter from dyewoods. J.< or^er to form an exact idea
of the effects produced by ..."
4. The Commerce of Liverpool by Braithwaite Poole (1854)
"THE dyewoods AND DYE TRADES. DYE WOODS, a mercantile term applied to all kinds
of wood ... Previously to being used, dyewoods are cut, ground, and packed in ..."
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