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mordant

Length / number of characters: 7
Number of words: 1

  • harshly ironic or sinister
  • of a substance, especially a strong acid
  • Biting
  • a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing
  • Serving to fix colors
  • Any corroding substance used in etching
  • Any substance, as alum or copperas, which, having a twofold attraction for organic fibers and coloring matter, serves as a bond of union, and thus gives fixity to, or bites in, the dyes
  • Any sticky matter by which the gold leaf is made to adhere
  • To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant

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