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Woad : (noun)
1: a blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant
2: any of several herbs of the genus Isatis
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Woad : \Woad\, n. [OE. wod, AS. w[=a]d; akin to D. weede, G. waid,
OHG. weit, Dan. vaid, veid, Sw. veide, L. vitrum.] [Written
also wad, and wade.]
1. (Bot.) An herbaceous cruciferous plant ({Isatis
tinctoria). It was formerly cultivated for the blue
coloring matter derived from its leaves.
2. A blue dyestuff, or coloring matter, consisting of the
powdered and fermented leaves of the Isatis tinctoria. It
is now superseded by indigo, but is somewhat used with
indigo as a ferment in dyeing.
Their bodies . . . painted with woad in sundry
figures. --Milton.
Wild_woad_(Bot.),_the_weld_({Reseda_luteola">Wild woad (Bot.), the weld ({Reseda luteola). See Weld.
Woad mill, a mill grinding and preparing woad.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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