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Definition of Orchil
1. Noun. A purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens.
2. Noun. Any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil.
Definition of Orchil
1. n. See Archil.
Definition of Orchil
1. Noun. Any of several lichens, especially those of the genera ''Roccella'' and ''Lecanora''. ¹
2. Noun. The dye, orcein, extracted from them. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Orchil
1. a purple dye [n -S]
Medical Definition of Orchil
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 Orchil
Literary usage of Orchil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Handbook of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner (1872)
"Some tt n years ago two preparations of orchil were brought into commerce under
the minies of orchil carmine and ..."
2. Food Inspection and Analysis: For the Use of Public Analysts, Health by Albert Ernest Leach, Andrew Lincoln Winton (1913)
"The dyed fibers are then examined by reagents, as in tables given on pages 806-13.
SPECIAL TESTS FOR VEGETABLE COLORS.—orchil and ..."
3. The English Illustrated Magazine (1904)
"orchil By F. O'NEILL GALLAGHER , untouched by any breath Of change, or time, or
love, or hate, She weaves the webs of life and death, From off the rolling ..."
4. Dyeing and Calico Printing: Including an Account of the Most Recent by Frederick Crace Calvert, John Stenhouse, Charles Edward Groves (1876)
"For this discovery he was ennobled ; moreover, he and his family accumulated a
very large fortune, as for many years the whole of the orchil used in Europe ..."
5. The Encyclopedia of Chemistry, Practical and Theoretical: Embracing Its by James Curtis Booth, Campbell Morfit (1862)
"... orchil. of ammonia. Is insoluble in cold water and in ether, Slightly soluble
in boiling water, ..."
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