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noun

Woad n. (Written also wad, and wade)

(Bot.) An herbaceous cruciferous plant (Isatis tinctoria) of the family Cruciferae (syn. Brassicaceae). It was formerly cultivated for the blue coloring matter derived from its leaves. See isatin.

A blue dyestuff, or coloring matter, consisting of the powdered and fermented leaves of the Isatis tinctoria. It is now superseded by indigo, but is somewhat used with indigo as a ferment in dyeing. "Their bodies... painted with woad in sundry figures."

Wild woad (Bot.), the weld (Reseda luteola). See Weld.

Woad mill, a mill grinding and preparing woad.

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Etymology of 'Woad'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Woad" Quotes from Famous Books

... woad is; I remember reading about it in the histories of England; all the early Britons used it. And carrying nice, knobby stone creeks to stave in our heads! It would be nice to meet a hundred or a thousand of them, eh? Rather a different matter from ...

— Darkness and Dawn • George Allan England

Words linked to "Woad" : dyer's woad, herbaceous plant, herb, dye, dyestuff, genus Isatis, Isatis, Isatis tinctoria