genappe

Definitions

A smooth worsted yarn or cord, used in the manufacture of braid, fringe, etc.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“This number⟳ contains a lis of the manufacturers of tinctorial chemicals to whom prizes have⟳ been awarded at the Vienna Exhibition. We find⟳ no English name⟳ in the catalogue. There are receipts for dyeing wool a bright green; for a finish⟳ for pack-thread; for a reseda on genappe; a brown on silk; a printing black on cotton yarn; a blue-black on old cotton, velvets, and velveteens; a chamois and rose on old goods with cotton warps, saffranin on a sumach mordant being recommended for the latter; a black on mixed woollen and silk; a dark green on wool; a cheap violet on woollen piece-goods.”

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