Dyeing and Tanning. The treatment of skins or dyed cloth with a solution of lye (see master, v. 3); (also) a preparation of lye used for this…

The action of dyeing cloth, wool, etc., with woad (woad, n.1 2a), esp. prior to dyeing with other colours or dyes. Now rare.

The action of alum, v.

Dyeing and Calico-printing. The action or process of toning down the colour of a dye (see sadden, v. 3). In quot. 1743: a substance used for this…

A saline ‘bath’, or solution of an alkali, in which wool is steeped previous to dyeing.

The treatment of material with galls, as a preliminary of the actual process of dyeing it.

Dyeing. The operation of immersing fabric in a solution containing dung or an inorganic salt in order to remove superfluous mordant. Cf. dung, v.…

the dyeing of a blend of two different materials (typically cotton with wool or silk) using an appropriate dye (cf. union dye n.).

The Javanese art and method (introduced into England by way of Holland) of executing designs on textiles by covering the material with wax in a…

the production of batik work.

a technique for producing a mottled appearance in dyed cloth by folding it and tying it before it is put in the dye bath; a garment or piece of cloth…

= tie-and-dye n. at affix 5 below; frequently attributive; also as v. transitive, to dye by this process; also absol.

tied dyeing = tie-dying n. at tie-, comb._form affix 4.

A technique of fabric decoration common in Indonesia and Malaysia, in which warp or weft threads, or both, are tied at intervals and dyed before…

The action of overdye, v.

Used attributively and absol. with reference to a technique of dyeing silk fabric in which rice-paste is applied to areas which are not to be dyed…