orchillan.
/ɔːˈtʃɪlə/, U.S. /ɔrˈtʃɪlə/, /ɔrˈkɪlə/ 1. A red or violet dye; = orchil n. 1. Now historical.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > purple dye or pigment > [noun]
turnsole1375
cork1483
jarecork1483
orchil1483
purple1519
purpurisse1519
archil1551
waycoriant1658
orchilla1703
cudbear1772
purple lake1785
imperial purple1788
mauve?1796
phenicin1823
French purple1830
indigo-purple1838
mauve1859
Perkin's mauve1859
violine1859
mauveine1863
purple of Cassiusc1865
tyroline1867
Paris violet1868
Hofmann violet1869
methyl violet1873
punicin1879
crystal violet1885
chrome violet1892
mineral violet1913
Monastral1936
manganese purple1937
the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun] > dyes and dyestuffs
madderOE
grain1335
alkanet1343
Brazilc1386
crop-maddera1399
red-scarletc1400
alcanna?a1425
lac?c1425
madder root?c1450
incarnationa1475
jarecork1483
orchil1483
mull1507
orcanet1548
Bristol-red1551
red sanders1553
cochineal1582
safflower1583
chay1588
Pernambuco1595
red sanderswood1598
redwood1634
peach woodc1638
scarlet1653
mesteque1667
bow-dye1676
sylvester1697
corkir1703
gamene1703
orchilla1703
crap1721
saffranon1731
kino1788
Turkey red1789
lizary1791
granilla1812
munjeet1813
rubiate1835
orcein1838
purpurin1839
ruby wood1843
sassafrid1852
aal1853
pink salt1853
magenta1860
fuchsine1865
paeonin1865
safranine1868
corallin1873
marina1874
Magdala red1875
alizarin1878
eosin1879
Turkey red oil1879
roccelline1880
ponceau1885
amarant1888
phloxine1890
hypernic1897
Turkish red1900
Lithol red1930
1703 London Gaz. No. 3917/4 The Loading..consisting of Canary Wines, Orchilla, Rosewood, and some few Water-Stones.
1722 Act Encouragement Silk Manuf. in London Gaz. No. 6040/7 Orchelia the Hundred Weight,..twenty Shillings.
1753 N. Owen Jrnl. in E. Martin Jrnl. Slave-Dealer (1930) 40 Their chief commodities are..goats and other things of small value at easey prices, and orzelo that famous weed for dyers' use.
1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. II. 283 The orchilla used in dyeing is under the form of a violet-red paste.
1852 R. S. Fisher Bk. of World 195 Their principal articles of produce are wine, barilla and orchilla.
1881 Daily News 21 Jan. 6/8 Orchella..100 packages sold at 45s.
1965 Econ. Hist. Rev. 17 489 Orchilla needed to dye silk violet might weight four times the undyed fabric.
1984 Jrnl. Afr. Hist. 25 106 Orchilla is one of those products which was of great economic importance in the past but is forgotten today.
2. More fully orchilla weed. The lichen orchil.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > lichens or fungi used in dyeing > [noun] > archil lichen
archil1551
stone-moss1681
argol1759
orchil1759
rock moss1763
orchilla1790
1790 Coll. Voy. round World IV. i. 1224 This, like all the other Canary Islands, affords orchilla weed in great plenty.
1813 E. Bancroft Exper. Res. Philos. Permanent Colours (new ed.) I. 294 The orchella was discovered growing abundantly..at the Cape de Verd islands.
1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. xv. 266 We came upon groups of lofty trees as straight as masts, with festoons of orchilla-weed hanging from the branches.
1931 M. Grieve Mod. Herbal II. 492 Litmus... Orchella Weed.
1981 Internat. Jrnl. Afr. Hist. Stud. 14 329 Cowrie shells, gum arabic, orchella weed, ambergris, tortoise shell, and so on.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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