Meaning of sighten | Babel Free
Definitions
To add a fugitive colour to (a paste), to enable the printer to determine whether the figures are well-printed or not.
Examples
“The iron liquor should be sightened with logwood.”
“Annexed is a specimen of calico in this stage of the process, the mordant on which is red liquor, “sightened” with a little decoction of peach-wood or similar dye-stuff.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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