Meaning of KENDAL GREEN
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[n] a green dye, often used to color cloth, which is obtained from the woad plant |
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| | Synonyms: | | Kendal |
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| | See Also: | | dye, dyestuff | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ken"dal green`\, or Kendal \Ken"dal\
A cloth colored green by dye obtained from the woad-waxen,
formerly used by Flemish weavers at Kendal, in Westmoreland,
England. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
How couldst thou know these men in Kendal green ?
--Shak.
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