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orchilla, orchella|ɔːˈtʃɪlə, ɔːˈtʃɛlə|
Also 8–9 orchelia.
[ad. It. orcello, OSp. orchillo (mod.Sp. archilla): see orchil.]
1. = prec. 1.
1703Lond. Gaz. No. 3917/4 The Loading..consisting of Canary Wines, Orchilla, Rosewood, and some few Water-Stones. 1722Act Encour. Silk Manuf. in Lond. Gaz. No. 6040/7 Orchelia the Hundred Weight,..twenty Shillings. 1800tr. Lagrange's Chem. II. 283 The orchilla used in dyeing is under the form of a violet-red paste. 1881Daily News 21 Jan. 6/8 Orchella..100 packages sold at 45s.
2. (usually orchilla-weed.) = prec. 2.
1772–84Cook Voy. (1790) IV. 1224 This, like all the other Canary Islands, affords orchilla weed in great plenty. 1813E. Bancroft Philos. Perm. Colours (ed. 2) I. 294 The orchella was discovered growing abundantly..at the Cape de Verd islands. 1857Livingstone Trav. xv. 266 We came upon groups of lofty trees as straight as masts, with festoons of orchilla-weed hanging from the branches. |