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ˈcross-dye, v. trans. (See quots.) Hence ˈcross-dye n., a colour used in cross-dying; ˈcross-dyeing vbl. n.
1885J. J. Hummel Dyeing Textile Fabrics 466 The cotton warp may be dyed black, brown, dark blue, drab, &c., before weaving, in which case only the woollen or worsted weft is dyed subsequently. The finished goods are then said to be ‘cross-dyed’. 1901F. Beech Dyeing Cotton Fabrics iii. 79 This hawking machine will be found useful..in dyeing cotton cloths with such dyes as..Cross-dye blacks. Ibid. v. 220 Before the introduction of the direct dyes the method usually followed..is that known as cross dyeing. 1961Blackshaw & Brightman Dict. Dyeing 54 Cross dyeing, the dyeing of one component of a mixture of the fibres after at least one of the others has been dyed already. Ibid., The criteria are that the dyed yarn shall not change in shade or bleed into other fibres when the latter are cross dyed. |