| 单词 | woad |
| 例句 | His face is painted with blue woad, and his body is dark with the geometric tattoos unique to his people. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Mostly it dies after flowering once,” Annabella had said, describing woad. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The teeth in their sockets like dental molds, the crude tattoos etched in some homebrewed woad faded in the beggared sunlight. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Now, finally, woad had been added to give her the blue she had yearned for. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Gather fresh leaves from first years growth of woad. And soft rainwater; that makes the blue.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She saw the newly planted woad settle in, nestled where she had laid it gently beside the yellow bedstraw. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There, gently patting earth around the moist roots, she planted the woad. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I wonder you don’t just set fire to the Abbey and dance ‘round it, painted with woad and howling,” retorted Lady Violet, scoring early points. ArtsBeat: ‘Downton Abbey’ Recap: Showdown Between Lady Violet and Isobel 2014-02-03T03:00:53Z But close study of these reliefs reveal a man in woad next to the centaur and proves the Ancient Greeks looted them from Stonehenge. Digested read: A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor 2010-10-25T20:00:00Z Valhalla Rising is like watching woad dry, but hypnotic, densely atmospheric in a portentous way, and weirdly beautiful. Valhalla Rising 2010-05-01T23:08:00Z If all is Gore-Tex, it's hard to get in touch with woad. Robert Macfarlane: 'Paths are human; they are the traces of our relationships' 2012-05-26T23:05:33Z On a patch of unused land in the Lancashire town of Blackburn, they planted the seeds of two crops - flax and woad. Fashionable farming - the people growing their own clothes 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z The jeans are made from flax and woad planted on unused ground along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. British Textile Biennial 2021: Events begin across East Lancashire 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Plants targeted in the weed purges include Dalmatian toadflax, dyer’s woad and houndstongue. ‘Waterwise’ ornamental plant taking over Wasatch foothills 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z The family imported herring and woad in large enough quantities to buy an existing estate and win a kind of ersatz ennoblement. Montaigne on Trial 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z The city of Toulouse quickly established preeminence in the woad trade, and merchants 600 years ago built mansions with towers to show off their fortune. Southwestern France is rich in history and charm 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the woad leaves were heated and then cooled in water to create natural indigo dye to colour the linen blue. Fashionable farming - the people growing their own clothes 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z Then I put down the phone with a face of determination, fired up Google, and began a useful and productive quest for the search term "woad". I wanted to be more creative so I have spent the last week staring into space 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Does he not wish to meet the Death God in the paint of woad among the berserkergang, that he may join his ancestors in the halls of Valhalla? Economic legacies: Last chance for a generation? 2012-09-12T15:43:06Z There is another ore of manganese, called black woad, which inflames spontaneously when mixed with oil. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z In a minor renaissance, woad again is cultivated for use in cosmetics. Southwestern France is rich in history and charm 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z The flax and woad were grown and turned into linen and dye by a fashion collaborative called Homegrown Homespun. Fashionable farming - the people growing their own clothes 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z He's ours, they growl, and proud of it too, a veritable Braveheart without the woad. Fading Tennis Empires Cling to Their Andys 2011-09-09T00:16:48Z In the fairies who dress in green may we not have a tradition of people who stained themselves with woad or some other plant? Ulster Folklore 2011-08-25T02:00:26.683Z But those who find in these facts a recommendation of intuition ought to return to running wild in the woods, dyeing themselves with woad and living on hips and haws. Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.423Z The leaves—not the flowers, which were yellow—from the woad, would be crushed into a paste and allowed to ferment, and finally made into little balls that would keep until needed. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z Working Dogs' four-legged detectives are credited in Montana with uncovering previously unknown colonies of Dyer's woad, a weed of the mustard family that hitchhiked to Utah in an alfalfa shipment. Dogs sniff out invasive plants on Western lands 2011-06-25T16:10:29Z Woad may be called northern indigo; and indigo tropical or sub-tropical woad. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z In Europe itself the cultivation of dye-plants gradually received more and more attention, and both woad and madder began to be cultivated, about 1507, in France, Germany and Holland. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z Indigo was introduced into Europe about the sixteenth century, but its use was strongly opposed by the woad cultivators, with whose industry the dye came into competition. Coal and What We Get from It One of the most precious finds that she made in her digging and transplanting was a root of woad. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z Marilyn Marler, natural areas specialist with the University of Montana, said the conservation dogs this month nosed out unseen clusters Dyer's woad in Missoula. Dogs sniff out invasive plants on Western lands 2011-06-25T16:10:29Z Blue is given us by indigo and woad, which do not differ in colour in the least, their chemical product being the same. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z The ingredients of the woad vat are indigo, woad, bran, madder and lime. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z Page 73—wode amended to woad—"... by staining themselves blue with woad and yellow with ochre, ..." English Costume They were not an armoured race, for they would commonly fight naked to the waist, dreadful with tattooing and woad staining, but Pliny describes their close-woven felts as all but sword-proof. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" "We used to pull out 500 Dyer's woad; we won't even reach 100 this year," she said. Dogs sniff out invasive plants on Western lands 2011-06-25T16:10:29Z Eyelashes black, delicate, equal in beauty, and dark eyebrows— The crown of the woad, a bright hyacinth, that was the colour of his pupils. Ancient Irish Poetry On the very verge of Asiatic civilization the Thracians scalped their enemies and tattooed themselves; at the other end of the continent the Britons daubed their bodies with ochre and woad. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Since the Britons—poor, simple souls—had sought to embellish Nature by staining themselves blue with woad and yellow with ochre, no paint had touched the faces of the fashionable until this reign. English Costume Greece, in classic white, sidereal Armored; Rome, in dark, imperial Purple, crowned with blood and fire, Down the deeps barbaric strode; Gaul and Britain stalking by her, Skin-clad and tattooed with woad. Weeds by the Wall Verses Why don't these chaps go and cover themselves with blue woad and play mumbo-jumbo tricks before the village idol! Changing Winds A Novel We stripe our bodies with ochre and woad, lamenting the decline of our god under the rim of the horizon. Melomaniacs The Chief Druid's Fund to provide woad for our gallant troops at the Front continues to progress. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 2, 1914 The fuller's teazle, and woad for dyeing, also grew, and still grow, I learn from Dr. Williamson, though I have not found either, in the neighbourhood. Highways and Byways in Surrey An instance of this is the change effected in the value of the dyers weed, woad, by the introduction of indigo. Principles Of Political Economy Six feet of butter muslin, four pennyworth of woad, and a harpoon. Jonah and Co. A crooked man should sow beans, and a woad man peas. The Proverbs of Scotland They did not adorn themselves with woad and feathers. American Sketches 1908 Robbers seized the woad at Portsmouth and carried it off to Guildford; Hod, pursuing, recaptured his hogsheads and lodged them in Guildford Castle. Highways and Byways in Surrey But those who see in these facts a recommendation of intuition ought to return to running wild in the woods, dyeing themselves with woad and living on hips and haws. Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays Mr. Craven, besides sporting as much woad on his person as an ancient Briton, wears a white handkerchief round his brows. The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Some few, however, are important, such as woad, weld, heather, walnut, alder, oak, some lichens; and many of the less important ones would produce valuable colours if experiments were made with the right mordants. Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer Now Jockey was a bonny lad As e'er was born in Scotland fair; But now, poor man, he's e'en gone woad, Since Jenny has gart him despair. The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 If the woad was not given up, they threatened to destroy the whole of Guildford by fire the next morning. Highways and Byways in Surrey All Britons, without exception, stain themselves with woad, which produces a bluish tint. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole All Britons stain themselves dark blue with woad, which gives them a terrible aspect in battle. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Since then woad has been little used except as a fermenting agent for the Indigo vat. Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer "Then postilions often fall on the woads here?" Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes Let the fools go paint themselves with woad, For we've a jest between us, Truth and I. We know that those who live by fashion die Also by fashion, and that mode kills mode. The New Morning Poems Present in the woad plant, which is a native of Great Britain, indigo is chiefly derived from a genus of leguminous plants called Indigofera, found in India, Africa, and America. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists In Essex and Cambridgeshire are large plantations of saffron; and in Bedfordshire there are large fields of woad or wad, for the use of dyers. A Museum for Young Gentlemen and Ladies Or, a Private Tutor for Little Masters and Misses When woad is now used it is always in combination with indigo, to improve the colour. Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer "What was that man in the woad doing?" Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes There are so many opportunities for it to go wrong, and to be able to set a woad vat successfully will go far to make a man a successful indigo dyer. The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics Verde Vessie, or Iris Green, is a vegetal pigment prepared from the juice of the berries of the buckthorn, the green leaves of the woad, the blue flowers of the iris, &c. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists Italy exported wheat, flax, woad and other products, but chiefly by land routes or in foreign keels. The Age of the Reformation It is supposed that woad was "vitrum" the dye with which Caesar said almost all the Britons stained their bodies. Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer Cabot saw them dressed in skins like the ancient Britons, but painted with red ochre instead of blue woad. The Story of Newfoundland This vat ferments in much the same way as the woad vat, and presents the same general appearances. The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics When Caesar conquered our British ancestors he found them tattooed with woad, the native indigo. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries It was unlucky that she came to luncheon the very day that Edward and I had settled to dress up as Early Britons, in blue woad, and dine off earth-nuts in the shrubbery. Melchior's Dream and Other Tales The ancient Briton must have vied with his neighbor in different designs with the woad plant. Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl Sister of that "Idle Fellow." This is a wild mountainous country, producing very little woad. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The following method of setting a woad vat may be adopted. The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics Thus kermes gave way to cochineal, woad to indigo, and so on. Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 The King gave judgment, that the sheep which had eaten the woad were to be given to the Queen in compensation for what they had destroyed. The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland No dressmaker's or tailor's bills; or at the least, very small ones; for "woad" could not ruin us very much. Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl Sister of that "Idle Fellow." The chief trade of Tercera consists in woad, of which they have great quantities. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time While depending solely on chemical action for its preparation and use, it is freer from those peculiar defects to which organic vats, like the woad vats, are liable. The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics It was also held to be good in many places for madder, hops, and woad. The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times He spoke at much length on the question of dyes—praising madder and kermes for reds, precipitate of iron or ochre for yellows, and for blue either indigo or woad. Miscellanies The chief imports were wine from the king's French dominions, woad for dying, spiceries, jewels, silks, furs, &c. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson This island has plenty of woad, with abundance of fish, cattle, and other commodities, which are exported to Tercera and the other islands. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time He need not indulge in what is called the woad argument; we sha'n't go back to the early Britons for our authorities. Promenades of an Impressionist In this island, according to the report of the inhabitants, there grows green woad, which they allege is far better than the woad of St Michael or of Tercera. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 The ardent advocates of its azure rival, woad, struggled long before they would allow its adoption. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 Of the produce of Portugal itself, Antwerp imported salt, wines, oils, woad, seeds, orchil, fruits, &c. &c. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson They both produce woad, especially Flores, which also abounds in provisions. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The preparation of woad is a curious process on similar principles; which see in page 31. The Botanist's Companion, Volume II Caesar relates that the ancient Britons stained themselves blue with woad to give themselves a more horrid aspect in war. Primitive Love and Love-Stories Several of these have literatures and traditions that extend back before the days when the Britons painted themselves with woad. What is Coming? Mrs. M. Yes; before his time the nobles lived exclusively on cake and venison, while the peasantry subsisted on herbs and a substance named woad, which was most injurious to their digestions. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 24, 1917 The First Man, a Briton stained with woad and hung with skins, had tilled the luscious greenness of the lands richly rolling now within hedge boundaries. The Shuttle The savages in my Tin Islands go naked and stain themselves blue with woad, and are very filthy and brutish to look upon. The Lost Continent He came so very early that none of the family were stirring, except Marvel, who had risen by daybreak to finish some repairs that he was making in the woad apparatus. Tales and Novels — Volume 02 And painted with woad, whatever woad is; I remember reading about it in the histories of England; all the early Britons used it. Darkness and Dawn Most of them were, save for the mantle, naked from the waist up, the body being stained a deep blue with woad -- a plant largely cultivated for its dye. Beric the Briton : a Story of the Roman Invasion But there would be no more purple and fine linen, and no more blue woad. The Way We Live Now I had been well grounded by a series of short-stayed governesses in the Druids and woad, in Alfred and the cakes, Romulus and Remus and Bruce and the spider. Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One He was a native of Languedoc, where woad is cultivated: he had been engaged in the manufacture of it, and Marvel soon found, by his conversation, that he was a well-informed, intelligent man. Tales and Novels — Volume 02 “The ancient Briton had a pretty taste in woads.” Tea-Table Talk London grocers imported spices, canvas, ropery, drugs, unguents, soap, confections, garlic, cabbages, onions, apples, oranges, almonds, figs, dates, raisins, dye-stuffs, woad, madder, scarlet grains, saffron, iron, and steel. Our Legal Heritage Wright's mistress was a Miss Banks, only daughter to a gentleman who had set up an apparatus for manufacturing woad. Tales and Novels — Volume 02 Some time ago," said he, "I was with my father-in-law, who was dyeing some cloth with woad. Tales and Novels — Volume 02 I carefully recollected of what this mixture was composed: I found that woad was the principal ingredient; the other——is a secret. Tales and Novels — Volume 02 With Wright's consent, he employed several of these workmen; and he carried, by their means, the manufacture of woad to a high pitch of perfection. Tales and Novels — Volume 02 |
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