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Looking for sentences and phrases with the word orchil? Here are some examples.
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Sentence Examples
| He paints women with coloured earth, mud, carbon powder or orchil. |
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| The dye most sought after was a purple known as orchil, which was used together with purples extracted from shellfish to color the robes of royalty. |
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| Of great historical and commercial significance are lichens belonging to the family Roccellaceae, commonly called orchella weed or orchil. |
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| Angling sweep on Orchil, after notching up his third win from four starts with a net of 87lb-plus. |
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Examples from Classical Literature
| Cochineal is turned by the potassa to a violet-red, orchil to a violet-blue, and alkanet to a decided blue. |
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| It is dyed in orchil first, and then made bluer, and somewhat more secure, by being soused in a well-soaped alkaline mixture. |
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| In due time Neergard, who still spent his penny on a morning paper, read about the orchil ball. |
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| Turmeric, orchil, catechu, and indigo carmine are all extremely fugitive. |
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| What's the matter with orchil, and that hatchet-faced beagle-pup, Mottly? |
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