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Cudbear
Cud′bearˊ
(k?d′b?rˊ)
, Noun.
[Also
cudbeard
, corrupted fr. the name of Dr. Cuthbert
Gordon, a Scotchman, who first brought it into notice.] 1.
A powder of a violet red color, difficult to moisten with water, used for making violet or purple dye. It is prepared from certain species of lichen, especially
Lecanora tartarea
. Ure.
2.
(Bot.)
A lichen (
Lecanora tartarea
), from which the powder is obtained. Definition 2024
cudbear
cudbear
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cudbear (countable and uncountable, plural cudbears)
- A violet-red powder, difficult to moisten with water, prepared from certain lichens, especially Lecanora tartarea, and used for making violet or purple dye.
- 1878, Andrew Ure, Robert Hunt, Frederick William Rudler; Ure̓'s Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition of Their Principles and Practice, Volume 3
- ORCHELLA WEEDS. The cylindrical and flat species of Roccella used in the manufacture of Orchil or Archil, and Cudbear, are so called by the makers.
- 1878, Andrew Ure, Robert Hunt, Frederick William Rudler; Ure̓'s Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition of Their Principles and Practice, Volume 3
- A lichen (Lecanora tartarea), from which the powder is obtained.