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orchil
orchil (ˈɔːtʃɪl) Forms: 5–8 orchell, 6–8 orchel, 6–9 orchall, (6 orcheall, orcall), 7–9 orchal, (8 orcheil, orselle, oricelle, 9 orseille), 9 orchil, -ill. See also archil. [a. OF. orchel, orcheil (late orseil), mod.F. orseille, in It. orcello, earlier oricello, OSp. orchillo, mod.Sp. archilla. Orig...
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Orcein
Orcein, also archil, orchil, lacmus and C.I. Orcein is a reddish-brown dye, orchil is a purple-blue dye.
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Punta Orchilla Lighthouse
The name comes from the Orchil lichen that grows on the rocky lava slopes in the area, inland from the point is a 238 m peak called Orchilla.
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Dye-producing lichen
The purple from lichens was an important commercial product and came in a variety of forms, for example, orchil and cudbear.
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Clan Graham
Another was long in possession of the Grahams of Orchil and is now treasured by the Freemason Lodge at Auchterarder.
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orsellic
orˈsellic, a. Chem. [f. med.L. Orsella orchil + -ic.] In orsellic acid, a crystalline solid, C16H14O7 + 2H2O, obtained from South African and South American lichens.1857 Miller Elem. Chem. III. 542 note, Lecanoric acid, according to Gerhardt, is identical with the alpha and beta orsellic acids of St...
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Sinope Gospels
The purple colour of the parchment was identified as Orchil, a dye extracted from lichens, similar to the results of analytical investigations carried
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archil
archil (ˈɑːtʃɪl, ˈɑːkɪl) Forms: 6 archall, 7 -al, 8 -el, arcel(l, 8–9 archil. [a corruption of the more correct orchil, in 15th c. orchell, a. OF. orchel, orcheil (late orseil), ad. It. orcello, earlier oricello, or OSp. orchillo. In mod.L. roccella, mod.Sp. archilla, F. orseille. Origin uncertain: ...
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Ethnolichenology
These lichens, and the dye extracted from them, are called orchil (variants archil, orchilla). Today, embalming fluids are colored from the lichen dye orchil into a product called Cudbear, illustrating how a historical procedure can influence future
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orchilla
orchilla, orchella (ɔːˈtʃɪlə, ɔːˈtʃɛlə) Also 8–9 orchelia. [ad. It. orcello, OSp. orchillo (mod.Sp. archilla): see orchil.] 1. = prec. 1.1703 Lond. Gaz. No. 3917/4 The Loading..consisting of Canary Wines, Orchilla, Rosewood, and some few Water-Stones. 1722 Act Encour. Silk Manuf. in Lond. Gaz. No. 6...
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orcein
orcein Chem. (ˈɔːsiːɪn) [Altered from orcin.] A red colouring-matter (C7H7NO3) obtained from orcin by the action of ammonia and oxygen, and existing in the dye called orchil.1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 404 To the substance into which orcin is converted by the joint action of oxygen, ammonia, a...
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