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Definition of Arnatto
1. n. See Annotto.
Definition of Arnatto
1. Noun. (archaic form of annatto) ¹
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Definition of Arnatto
1. annatto [n -TOS] - See also: annatto
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arnatto
Literary usage of Arnatto
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ures̓ Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear by Andrew Ure (1860)
"When raw silks are to he dyed, those naturally white are chosen, and dyed in the
arnatto bath, which should not be more than tepid, or even cold, ..."
2. A History of the Vegetable Kingdom: Embracing the Physiology of Plants, with by William Rhind (1857)
"The experiments of M. Vauquelin made on some arnatto berries imported by M.
Leblond, confirmed the efficacy of the process which he proposed, and the dyers ..."
3. Indian Industries by A. G. F. Eliot James (1880)
"Formerly arnatto was obtained by a much more tedious process than now prevails,
which was first introduced by Leblond, and consisted in merely washing the ..."
4. Vegetable Substances: Materials of Manufactures (1833)
"The Brazilians, by another method of preparation, produce a permanent crimson
colour from arnatto. The Spanish Americans mix the berries after having ..."
5. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth (1829)
"The seed-vessels of the arnatto shrub are, in appearance, somewhat like ...
arnatto, though made in the West Indies, is an object of no great commercial ..."
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