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† inde Obs.
Also 4 ind, 4–5 ynde.
[a. F. inde, AF. ynde, ad. L. *indium = indicum, lit. Indian, as subst. indigo.]
A blue dye obtained from India, now called indigo; the colour of this, or a fabric dyed with it.
a1300Cursor M. 9920 Þe toiþer heu neist for to find, Es al o bleu, men cals Ind [v.r. ynde]. c1320Cast. Love 712 Seþþen abouten þat oþer heuȝ So is inde and eke bleu [orig. Si rest e ynde, e blui]. 14..Anc. Cookery in Househ. Ord. (1790) 434 Colour hit wyth ynde. 1581Act 23 Eliz. c. 9 §3 Grounded..with Woad and Anele, alias blue Inde. 1658[see indebaudias below].
b. attrib. or as adj. Blue. inde carde: cf. carde n.
1359–60Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) II. 384 In duabus peciis de indekarde. 1360–61Ibid. 385 Et in vj vln. de inedecard. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) vii. 25 His back es ynde colour. 1433Lydg. St. Edmund Prol. 49 This other standard, feeld stable off colour ynde. 14..Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 588/23 Jacinctinus, ynde colour.
Hence † indebaudias (Inde Baunias), indigo.
1573Art of Limning 4 Indebaudias of it self maketh a darke and sad blacke. 1634Peacham Gentl. Exerc. i. xxiii. 80 Take Indebaudias and grinde it with the water of Litmose, if you will have it deepe, but if light, grinde it with fine Ceruse. 1658Phillips, Inde,..a certain Mineral wherwith they use to paint or die of a blew colour, called also Indico... It is of two sorts, English Inde, and Inde Baunias. |