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corkir
corkir Sc. Also korkir. [Gaelic corcur: see cork n.2] A kind of lichen furnishing a red dye: see cork n.21703 M. Martin W. Isl. 135 (Jam.) The stones on which the scurf call'd Corkir grows..on the coast, and in the hills. This scurf dyes a pretty crimson colour. 1760 Pocock Tour Scot. (1881) 92 Two ... Oxford English Dictionary
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cork
▪ I. cork, n.1 (kɔːk) [Cf. Sp. corcha, corche in same sense; but 15th c. corke, with 16th c. Du. kork, kurk, Ger. kork, appears to represent OSp. alcorque ‘a corke shooe, a pantofle’ (Minsheu), in which sense corke is cited in 1463 (sense 2); cf. also Ger. korke slipper (1595 in Grimm), and the earl... Oxford English Dictionary
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Ethnolichenology
Brown or yellow lichen dyes (called crottle or crotal), made from Parmelia saxatilis scraped off rocks, and red lichen dyes (called corkir) were used extensively wikipedia.org
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