archil
English
Etymology
Corrupted from orchil.
Noun
archil (countable and uncountable, plural archils)
- (obsolete) Orchil, a violet dye obtained from several species of lichen (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary and Cape Verde Islands, etc.
- (obsolete) The plant from which the dye is obtained.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for archil in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
References
- archil at OneLook Dictionary Search
- archil in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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