Meaning of OCHER
| Pronunciation: | | 'owkur
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- [n] a moderate yellow-orange to orange color
- [n] any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment
- [adj] of a moderate orange-yellow color
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| | Synonyms: | | chromatic, ochre, ochre, ochre |
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| | See Also: | | earth color, orange yellow, saffron, sinoper, sinopia, sinopis, yellow ocher, yellow ochre | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \O"cher\, Ochre \O"chre\, n. [F. ocre, L. ochra, fr. Gr.
?, from (?) pale, pale yellow.] (Min.)
(a) A impure earthy ore of iron or a ferruginous clay,
usually red (hematite) or yellow (limonite), -- used as a
pigment in making paints, etc. The name is also applied
to clays of other colors.
(b) A metallic oxide occurring in earthy form; as, tungstic
ocher or tungstite.
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