Examples of 'woad' in a sentence
Meaning of "woad"
woad (noun) - a flowering plant that was formerly grown in Europe for the blue dye obtained from its leaves.
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- The plant Isatis tinctoria.
- The blue dye made from the leaves of the plant.
- To plant or cultivate woad.
- To dye with woad.
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Woad is biodegradable and safe in the environment.
The blue colour comes from woad.
The woad of the last harvest is called marouchin.
Intelligence passed the woad down.
Woad is a wonderful plant to get to know.
This is a tincture taken from a plant called a woad.
The wood woad is a plant.
Times the amount of active ingredient of a woad extract.
The small woad is the one of fourth or fifth harvested.
We hope we will be able to grow woad in the open.
Woad growing in greenhouse.
The island prospered with exports of wheat and woad.
The translation of vitrum as woad may date to this period.
When they paint their faces in the blue woad.
Woad is also the name of a blue dye produced from the leaves of the plant.
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Keep reading to find out how to grow woad plants.
Woad has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for centuries.
I have not had a chance to put on a lick of woad this morning.
Do not replant woad in the same area as other Brassicae.
He was an expert on natural dyes and cultivated plants such as madder and woad.
For a long time woad was the main source of blue dye in Europe.
There has also been some revival of the use of woad for craft purposes.
But Woad spoke to this too.
There were no differences in the laundering and abrasion resistance tests between the woad strains.
Above the wall is Woad territory.
The Hallstatt burials of Hochdorf and Hohmichele contained textiles dyed with woad.
Aboνe the wall is Woad territory.
The woad is closed, telephone lines are dead.
I think that is was from Woad.
Sir William Pelham owned a woad mill in this area.
Extracts of Persian bernes and of madder ; woad is.
The last working temporary woad mill in Britain was in Parson Drove.
This name means " the hill where woad grows.
Replaced by synthetic products, the Woad is sometimes cultivated as forage plant.
We got crushed mammal bone, kermes insect and woad legume.
A chemically identical dye derived from the woad plant ( Isatis tinctoria ) was used instead.
The main businesses of medieval Gotha were cloth-making and the woad trade.
Boudicca the woad - daubed Queen of the Iceni.
And dance round it, painted with woad and howling.
Now in command of the Woad forces, Arthur prepares to face the Saxon army.
I haven't had chance to put on a lick of woad this morning.
Naked and painted in the woad of her ancestors, she appears to Gavin Mac Brodie.
Today, the heritage, cultural and economic exploitation of woad is still topical.
Later evidence of Woad dyes come from Roman, Viking and Medieval sources and sites.
Bone for white, kermes insect for red and woad for indigo.
Woad mills were of two types, - permanent and temporary.
If you would warned me, I would have packed my pot of woad.
Painted with woad and howling!
Woad (Isatis tinctoria) was used for blue dyeing.
I might, if it would do any good. painted with woad and howling.
