| 释义 | orchil|ˈɔːtʃɪl|
Forms: 5–8 orchell, 6–8 orchel, 6–9 orchall, (6 orcheall, orcall), 7–9 orchal, (8 orcheil, orselle, oricelle, 9 orseille), 9 orchil, -ill. See also archil.
[a. OF. orchel, orcheil (late orseil), mod.F. orseille, in It. orcello, earlier oricello, OSp. orchillo, mod.Sp. archilla. Origin uncertain: see archil.]
1. A red or violet dye prepared from certain lichens, esp. Roccella tinctoria.
1483Act 1 Rich. III, c. 8 Preamble, The Colours made with the which Orchell..faden away. Ibid. §15 Orchell or Cork called Jarecork [Fr. Orchel ou Cork appellez Jarecork]. 1502Arnolde Chron. (1811) 188 The Crafte to make Orchell. 1532–3Act 24 Hen. VIII, c. 2 With good and sufficient corke or orchall. 1695Lond. Gaz. No. 3086/4 He also manufactures the Blue-Cake-Orchal..and the Blue Liquid Orchal for Scotland. 1771Woulfe in Phil. Trans. LXI. 129 Cochineal, Dutch litmus, orchel,..and many other colouring substances. 1866Treas. Bot. 820/2 Orchil, Archil, Orchal, or Orchill, various names for the dye prepared from Orchella-weed. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 86 note, The clubs are best stained with orseille or orange rubine.
2. The lichen Roccella tinctoria, or other species from which the dye is obtained.
1758Phil. Trans. L. 653 The orchel, or Canary-weed. 1813E. Bancroft Philos. Perm. Colours (ed. 2) I. Introd. 42 That species of lichen which is now called orchall. 1877Major Discov. Pr. Henry ix. 123 Others went..to gather orchil for dyeing. |
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