adjective. undefined

adjective. Bitingly sarcastic.

adjective. Incisive and trenchant.

adjective. Bitingly painful.

adjective. Serving to fix colors in dyeing.

noun. A reagent, such as tannic acid, that fixes dyes to cells, tissues, or textiles or other materials.

noun. A corrosive substance, such as an acid, used in etching.

transitive verb. To treat with a mordant.

To imbue or treat with a mordant.

Biting; keen; caustic; sarcastic; severe.

Having the property of fixing colors.

noun. A metal chape covering one end of a strap or belt, especially if so arranged as to hook into a clasp on the other end to facilitate securing the belt round the person.

noun. In the fine arts:

adjective. Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.

adjective. Serving to fix colors.

noun. Any corroding substance used in etching.

noun. 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.

noun. Any sticky matter by which the gold leaf is made to adhere.

transitive verb. To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant.

adjective. biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.

noun. Any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation.

verb. To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant.

adjective. harshly ironic or sinister

adjective. of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

noun. a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process

"The technique, attributed to Cornelis Drebbel, used a tin mordant to brighten the color produced by cochineal. 11 The discovery, as reported in the eighteenth century, was a fortuitous accident similar to that of Prussian blue; fortunate in that the discovery happened to someone able to recognize and exploit it. reference Drebbel, it was said, accidentally broke a container of tin-infused aqua regia over a container of the cochineal extract used in making thermometers."

acid mordant colors  dutch mordant  mordanting principle  mordent  

destructive  sarcastic  

mordanted  mordanting  

discordant  

acidic  acrimonious  catechin  caustic  cochineal  

Attic  acerb  acerbate  acerbic  acid  

mordanted  mordanting  mordants