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Definition of Archil

1. Noun. A purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens.

2. Noun. Any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil.

Definition of Archil

1. n. A violet dye obtained from several species of lichen (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary and Cape Verd Islands, etc.

Definition of Archil

1. Noun. A violet dye obtained from several species of lichen (''Roccella tinctoria'', etc.), which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary and Cape Verd Islands, etc. ¹

2. Noun. The plant from which the dye is obtained. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Archil

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

Medical Definition of Archil

1. 1. A violet dye obtained from several species of lichen (Roccella tinctoria, etc), which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary and Cape Verd Islands, etc. 2. The plant from which the dye is obtained. Alternative forms: orchal and orchil. Origin: OF. Orchel, orcheil, It. Orcella, oricello, or OSp. Orchillo. Cf. Orchil. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Archil

archicarps archicembalo archicerebellum archicortex archidiaconal archidiaconate archiepiscopacies archiepiscopacy archiepiscopal archiepiscopality

archiepiscopate archiepiscopates archierey archigrapheme archigraphemes archil (current term) archiloquies archiloquy archils archimage

archimages archimagi archimagus archimandrite archimandrites archimedes archimime archimimes archimperialist archimperialists

Literary usage of Archil

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

1. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen (1889)
"archil has lost much of its importance since the introduction of the coal-tar dyes, and is now chiefly used in combination with other colouring matters to ..."

2. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1844)
"Two kinds of archil are distinguished in commerce, the archil plant of ... Prepared archil gives out its color very readily to water, ammonia, and alcohol. ..."

3. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1856)
"METHOD OF TESTING archil. MR. LKF.SHING* has found that archil is sometimes adulterated with logwood extract. He states that as a test for this adulteration ..."

4. Elements of the Art of Dyeing: With a Description of the Art of Bleaching by by Claude-Louis Berthollet, Amédée B. Berthollet, Andrew Ure (1824)
"Of archil. THE archil used in dyeing, is in the form of a violet-red paste. Two kinds of it are "chiefly distinguished, the archil plant of the Canaries, ..."

5. Ures̓ Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear by Andrew Ure (1860)
"The archil thereby loses its natural colour, and assumes on« approaching more ... archil is frequently had recourse to for varying the different shades and ..."

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