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    Mordant
    • (n.) Any sticky matter by which the gold leaf is made to adhere. • (a.) Serving to fix colors. • (a.) Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe. • (v. t.) To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant; as, to mordant goods for dyeing. • (n.) Any corroding substance ...
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    mordant
    (from the article `mordant dye`) colorant that can be bound to a material for which it otherwise has little or no affinity by the addition of a mordant, a chemical that combines ... Etching is a process in which lines or textures are bitten (etched) into a metal plate with a variety of mordants (aci...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/120
    
    
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    mordant
    mordant, mordanting, mordanted, mordants 1. Bitingly sarcastic: mordant satire. 2. Incisive and trenchant. 3. Bitingly painful. 4. Serving to fix colors in dyeing, as with a reagent, such as tannic acid, that fixes dyes to cells, tissues, or textiles or other materials. 5. A corrosive substance;...
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/3346/
    
    
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    Mordant
    A mordant is a substance used to set dyes on fabrics or tissue sections by forming a coordination complex with the dye which then attaches to the fabric or tissue. It may be used for dyeing fabrics, or for intensifying stains in cell or tissue preparations. The term mordant comes from the Latin wor...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordant
    
    
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    mordant
    A substance that fixes dyes to fabrics by precipitating them into the fibers to form ligand complexes with them. Generally, metal salts and hydroxides (including alum), now chiefly chromium salts and dichromates, are used. They modify the hue and improve fastness.
    Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/M/mordant.html
    
    
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    mordant
    mordant (môr'dunt) [Fr.,=biting], substance used in dyeing to fix certain dyes (mordant dyes) in cloth. Either the mordant (if it is colloidal) or a colloid produced by the mordant adheres to the fiber, attracting and fixing the colloidal mordant dye (see colloid); the insoluble, colored p...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0833977.html
    
    
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    Mordant
    A mordant is an adhesive compound capable of uniting with dye-stuffs to form insoluble pigments, and thus, if the reaction is made to take place in the fibres of a fabric, fix the colour in it. Mordants are mostly used in cotton and wool dyeing, and also in gilding to attach gold leaf and in paints ...
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/GM.HTM
    
    
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    mordant
    Type: Term Pronunciation: mōr′dant Definitions: 1. A substance capable of combining with a dye and the material to be dyed, thereby increasing the affinity or binding of the dye; alum, a mordant commonly used to promote staining with hematoxylin. 2. To treat with a mordant.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=56025
    
    
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    mordant
    1) Biting 2) Black 3) Caustic 4) Caustic in manner 5) Grim 6) Sarcastic
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/mordant/1
    
    

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