to dye (rarely, to put) in grain: (originally) to dye in scarlet grain or kermes; afterwards, to dye in any fast colour, to dye in the fibre, or…

transitive. To dye, colour, or stain (cloth, wool, etc.) with woad, esp. prior to dyeing with other colours or dyes. Now historical and rare.

transitive. To treat or dye with madder.

Dyeing. To prepare (woad) for dyeing.

Phrase: to dye in (the) wool, in grain, to subject to the action of a colouring matter while the material is in the raw or primitive state; the…

transitive. To infuse or impregnate with alum; to treat or coat with alum.

transitive. Dyeing. To stir or mix (a solution) with a rake. Now rare.

transitive. To soak (hides or cloth) in a solution containing sumac, as part of a tanning or dyeing process.

transitive. To dye (cloth) after it is woven.

transitive. To impregnate with a decoction of galls.

transitive. Dyeing. To immerse (fabric) in a solution containing dung or an inorganic salt in order to remove superfluous mordant; to remove…

transitive. To immerse in or pass through a vat by means of a wince. Also absol.

Dyeing. = wince, v.2

transitive. To dye (something already dyed) with a second dye. Also figurative.

transitive. Dyeing. To give a final bath of colour to; to finish off (a dyeing process) with a certain dye.

Dyeing. to wet out, to soak in water.

transitive. To immerse in a dyeing solution or vat.

transitive. (See quots.)

transitive. To stir or mix using a paddle.

transitive. To convert (a dye) before use into a metal chelate form by treatment with a metal salt, usually in order to improve fastness.

(transitive) to dye (textiles) by a process which incorporates the colouring matter before the filament is formed.