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Definition of Ochred
1. ochre [v] - See also: ochre
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ochred
Literary usage of Ochred
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sons and Lovers by David Herbert Lawrence (1922)
"... and yellow-ochred doorsteps projecting on to the pavement; then another old
shop whose small window looked like a cunning, half-shut eye. ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society by American Antiquarian Society (1898)
"... unless they are painted.4 In Florida, the Knight of Elvas met with certain
Indians who had " their bodies, thighs and arms ochred and dyed with black, ..."
3. Through the Dark Continent: Or, The Sources of the Nile Around the Great by Henry Morton Stanley (1879)
"Full dress includes a semicircle of finely plaited hair over the forehead painted
red, ears well ochred, the rest of the hair drawn up taut at the back of ..."
4. The Native Tribes of Central Australia by Baldwin Spencer, Francis James Gillen (1899)
"The resin is, as usual, red- ochred, while the addition of the wooden handle
gives the opportunity of a little bit of decoration in the form of lines ..."
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