DYE, DYED, DYEING, DYER
ADJECTIVES
► IMBRUED dyed, stained, etc., esp. with blood or slaughter → c1430
► TINCT dyed, tinged; coloured, tinted → 1579 poetic usage
► TINCTORIAL pert. to or used in dyeing; yielding or using dye or colouring matter → 1655
► TINCTORIOUS pert. to or used in dyeing; yielding or using dye or colouring matter → 1786
► TINGENT dyeing; colouring; that tinges or colours → 1650 obs.
NOUNS
► TAINT dye; colour, hue, tint; tinge → 1567 obs.
► TINCT dye; colour, hue, tint; colouring matter → 1602 now only poetic usage
► TINCTURE dye, pigment; a dye used as a cosmetic → c1400 obs.
– a dyeing, staining, or colouring → 1601 obs.
► VENOM a dye; a colouring matter → c1374 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► HEUSTER ► HEWSTER a dyer, a colourer → 1600 obs.
► SCALDRAG a nickname for a dyer → 1630 obs.
► TAINTOR ► TAINTOUR a dyer → 1889
VERBS
► TAINT to dye, to colour; to tinge → 1471 obs.
► TINCT to dye, to colour; to tinge, to tint → 1594 obs.
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