Part 13 (2/2)

_Sour water_ To every gallon of water, add one gill vitriol; stir thoroughly Stuff steeped in this should be covered with the liquor, otherwise it will rot

(2) Water in which bran has been row sour 24 bushels of bran are put in a tub, about 10 hogsheads of nearly boiling water is poured into it; acid ferins, and in 25 hours it is ready to use

(3) Throw some handfuls of bran into hot water and let it stand for 24 hours, or until the water becomes sour, when it is fit for use

_Staple_ A terth of fibre

_Substantive Dye_ A dye not requiring a s of several species of Rhus, containing tannic acid It is sold in the form of crushed leaves or as a powder (15-20 tannin)

_Trahtly twisted raw silk, used for weft

_Tyrian purple_ A purple colour obtained from certain shell fish, such as Buccinu discovered in 1400 BC It was a lost art in the Middle Ages

_Valonia_ Acorn cups of certain species of oak froetable alkali_ Potash

_Verdigris_ Acetate of copper

_Wet out, to_ To da the yarn or cloth into the dye

BIBLIOGRAPHY

A profitable Boke (On Dyeing) Translated from the Dutch 1583

Bancroft, Edward The Philosophy of Per 1824

Bird, F J The Dyer's Handbook 1875

Bolton, Cleer, Professor G S The Uses of plants 1889

Brewster's Edinburgh Encyclopaedia 1830 Dyeing

Crook, W Dyeing and Tissue Printing 1882

Darwin and Meldola Woad (”Nature,” Nov 12, 1896)

Edge, Alfred Some British Dye Lichens (Journal of the Society of Dyers and Colourists May, 1914)