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Webster 1913 Edition
Mordant
1.
Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.
2.
(Dyeing & Calico Printing)
Serving to fix colors.
Mor′dant
,Noun.
[F., originally, biting.]
1.
Any corroding substance used in etching.
2.
(Dyeing & Calico Printing)
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.
3.
(Gilding)
Any sticky matter by which the gold leaf is made to adhere.
Mor′dant
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Mordanted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Mordanting
.] To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant;
as, to
. mordant
goods for dyeingWebster 1828 Edition
Mordant
MOR'DANT
,Noun.
Definition 2024
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English
Adjective
mordant (comparative more mordant, superlative most mordant)
Translations
biting or caustic
Noun
mordant (plural mordants)
- Any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation.
- 1964, In dyeing two mediums are required, the colouring matter and the mordant which fixes the dye in the wool. — L.F. Salzman, English Industries of the Middle Ages, p. 208.
- Any corrosive substance used in etching.
Translations
a substance used to facilitate dye fixing
Verb
mordant (third-person singular simple present mordants, present participle mordanting, simple past and past participle mordanted)
- (transitive) To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant.
- Mordant these goods for dyeing.
Translations
to subject to a mordant
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