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gall-nut
gall-nut (ˈgɔːlnʌt) [f. gall n.3] = gall n.3 1.1572 Huloet, Galle nutte, suche as is put into inke, galla. 1601 Holland Pliny II. 177 Gal-nuts. 1712 tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 75 Round Fruit, of the Size of Gall-Nuts. 1838 Penny Cycl. s.v. Gallic acid, A large portion of the acid exists ready formed...
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galloc
† ˈgalloc Obs. Also 1 gallac, galluc. [perh. corruptly ad. late L. anagallicum (also anagalla; cf. class. L. anagallis, supposed to mean ‘pimpernel’); see quot. c 1450 s.v. comfrey.] The plant comfrey (Symphytum officinale). In OE. vocabularies the word renders not only sinfitum and confirma (comfre...
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Black
A much richer and deeper black dye was eventually found made from the oak apple or "gall-nut". The gall-nut is a small round tumor which grows on oak and other varieties of trees.
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ellagic
ellagic, a. (ɛˈlædʒɪk) [ad. Fr. ellagique, f. ellag, anagram of galle gall-nut: see -ic. The name gallic had been pre-occupied by another acid obtained from galls.] ellagic acid: C14H8O9 (Watts Dict. Chem. 3rd Suppl.); originally obtained from oak-galls; found also in bezoar, whence the synonym bezo...
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Ananga Ranga
Second Recipe: Mix the powder of Persian gall-nut, long pepper, indigo leaves, and rock salt (the mordant) with sweet gruel of wheat, and the result will
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gall
▪ I. gall, n.1 (gɔːl) Forms: 1 ᵹealla, (ealla), Anglian galla, 3–4 ȝalle, 3–6 galle, 4 gawle, 4–5 gal, gale, 6–7 gaule, 7–8 gaul, 7 gawl, 6–9 Sc. gaw, 4– gall. [OE. ᵹealla wk. masc., agrees in meaning with OS. galia fem., MDu. galle fem., (Du. gal fem.), OHG. galla fem., (MHG. and G. galle fem.), an...
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phlegm
phlegm (flɛm) Forms: see below. [ME. fleem, fleume, fleme, a. OF. fleume, flemme (13th c. in Littré), mod.F. flegme (dial. fleume, flême, flume) = Pr. flegma, flemma, Cat. fleuma, Sp. flema, It. flemma:—L. (post-cl.) phlegma clammy humour of the body, phlegm, a. Gr. ϕλέγ-µα inflammation, heat, morbi...
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turpentine
▪ I. turpentine, n. (ˈtɜːpəntaɪn) Forms: α. 5–6 terebentine, -yne (see also terebinthine); β. 4–5 terb-, 5 turbentyne; γ. 5–6 terpentin, turpentyne, 6 -tyn, 7 terpentine, 6– turpentine; δ. 5 turmyntyne, 6 termenteyne. [In 14–15th c. terebentyne, terbentyne, a. OF. tere-, terbentine, ad. L. terbentin...
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oakam
▪ I. oak (əʊk) Forms: α. 1 ác (pl. ǽc), 3 ooc, 3–5 ok, (4 oek), 4–6 ook, (5–6 ooke), 4–7 oke, (5 hoke, a noke, 5–6 hooke), 6– oak, (dial. 6 oyke, woke, 6– woak, 7 yoake). β. north. and Sc. 5– ake, 6– aik, (5 a nak(e, ayk, 6 eike, 9 dial. yek, yak. [Com. Teut.: OE. ác fem. (pl. ǽc, gen. sing. *ǽc, ác...
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