Definition of Hair dye

1. Noun. A dye or tint for the hair.

Exact synonyms: Hair Coloring
Generic synonyms: Dye, Dyestuff
Specialized synonyms: Henna, Rinse

Definition of Hair dye

1. Noun. Any of various materials used to dye hair on the head. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hair Dye

hair coloring
hair colour
hair conditioner
hair conditioners
hair crosses
hair curler
hair curling
hair cut
hair cuts
hair cycle
hair diseases
hair disk
hair drier
hair dryer
hair dryers
hair dye (current term)
hair dyes
hair extension
hair follicle
hair gel
hair grease
hair loss
hair moss
hair mousse
hair of the dog
hair oil
hair papilla
hair pies

Literary usage of Hair dye

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

1. Dr. Chase's Recipes: Or, Information for Everybody. An Invaluable Collection by Alvin Wood Chase (1860)
"One-eighth of this can be taken as in the other, if desired, hair dye, No. 2.—-Take for No. 2, crystalized nitrate of silver, 1 oz.;: ammonia, ..."

2. Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne: Taken from Original Sources by John Ashton (1882)
"... '—Tooth powder—hair dye— Spectacles. THERE was one social habit that the two sexes had in common, and that was in taking snuff: nay, ..."

3. Dr. Chase's Family Physician, Farrier, Bee-keeper, and Second Receipt Book by Alvin Wood Chase (1874)
"(See HAIR-DYE, IN THREE NUMBERS). "French 'Brown Dye' is composed of sulphate of copper" (blue vitriol), "ammonia, and Prussiate of ..."

4. The elements of materia medica and therapeutics by Jonathan Pereira (1842)
"hair dye.—A solution of nitrate of silver is one of the substances used to live the hair (see pp. 218 and 091). 3. ARGEN'TI CYAN'IDUM, L.—CYANIDE OF SILVER. ..."

5. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1885)
"When a man desires to sell a new hair dye, does he content himself with ... He buys a whole page of a newspaper and advertises his hair dye day after day. ..."

6. Journal of Cutaneous and Genito-urinary Diseases (1902)
"A Case of Dermatitis Following Use of a hair dye.—Presented by DR. BULKLEY for DR. ... The patient was a woman who had used a hair dye for about one year. ..."

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