woad
11woad — 1. noun a) Common name of the plant Isatis tinctoria whose leaves are used to make a blue dye. b) The dye made from the plant Isatis tinctoria. 2. verb a) to plant or cultivate woad …
12woad — dažinė mėlžolė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bastutinių šeimos dažinis, rauginis, vaistinis augalas (Isatis tinctoria), paplitęs Europoje, Azijoje ir Afrikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Isatis tinctoria angl. dyer s woad; woad vok. Färberwaid… …
13woad — noun Etymology: Middle English wod, from Old English wād; akin to Old High German weit woad, Latin vitrum Date: before 12th century a European herb (Isatis tinctoria) of the mustard family formerly grown for the blue dyestuff yielded by its… …
14woad — /wohd/, n. 1. a European plant, Isatis tinctoria, of the mustard family, formerly cultivated for a blue dye extracted from its leaves. 2. the dye extracted from this plant. [bef. 1000; ME wode, OE wad (c. G Waid); akin to F guède, ML waizda <… …
15woad — n. old world plant of the mustard family that was formerly cultivated for the blue dye derived from its leaves; blue dye derived from the woad plant …
16woad — n. Weld, dyer s weed, woad waxen, wood waxen, wood wax, dyer s broom (Genista tinctoria) …
17Woad mill — Woad Woad, n. [OE. wod, AS. w[=a]d; akin to D. weede, G. waid, OHG. weit, Dan. vaid, veid, Sw. veide, L. vitrum.] [Written also {wad}, and {wade}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) An herbaceous cruciferous plant ({Isatis tinctoria}) of the family… …
18Woad-waxen — Woad wax en, n. [Cf. {Wood wax}.] (Bot.) A leguminous plant ({Genista tinctoria}) of Europe and Russian Asia, and adventitious in America; called also {greenwood}, {greenweed}, {dyer s greenweed}, and {whin}, {wood wash}, {wood wax}, and {wood… …
19woad|wax|en — «WOHD WAK suhn», noun. an Old World yellow flowered shrub of the pea family; dye weed; dyer s broom. Its flowers were formerly used as the source of a yellow dye. Also, woodwaxen. ╂[alteration (influenced by woad) of woodwaxen < Old English… …
20Woad, die — [Woàd] Weide, Wiese …
