woaded
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]woaded (comparative more woaded, superlative most woaded)
- Coloured or stained with woad; woaden
- 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “Part 2”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
- Man tattoed or woaded, winter-clad in skins.
Verb
[edit]woaded
- simple past and past participle of woad
- 1776, Temple H. Croker, Thomas Williams, Samuel Clarke, Dye, entry in The Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Volume 1, page 49 or 50,
- The piece which has only been woaded will be sound bluish, with somewhat of a dull green ; if it have been both woaded and maddered, it will be of a tan or minim colour; and if it have been neither woaded nor maddered, its colour will be dunniſh, between yellow and ſallow.
- 1968, Eric Kerridge, The Agricultural Revolution, page 210:
- The field was then laid to grass and after a dozen years could be woaded again.
- 1776, Temple H. Croker, Thomas Williams, Samuel Clarke, Dye, entry in The Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Volume 1, page 49 or 50,
References
[edit]- “woaded”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.