dyestuff

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The common name of the dyestuff, Tyrian purple, derives from the habitat of the mollusks, which the Phoenicians purportedly began harvesting in the 16th century B.C. in the city-state of Tyre in present-day Lebanon.

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2024

To prepare the dyestuff, chemists rely on two main processes: extraction and filtration.

From Scientific American • Apr. 5, 2012

One night they moved into the Cuernavaca plant, packed designs and dyestuff onto a truck and skipped off to picturesque Taxco.

From Time Magazine Archive

It can be used in dyestuff manufacture at the new price; also, to make calcium gluconate, valuable medicinally in the treatment of hemorrhages.

From Time Magazine Archive

By this treatment a portion of the wool substance is converted into so-called lanuginic acid, which has a strong attraction for the colour-acid of the dyestuff, with which it forms an insoluble coloured compound.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various