He wanted to be known as madder than Michael, as even more frightening. From Wordnik.com. [Maura's Game]
madder could be purchased, for it was raised in the Southern colonies, but the madder was a brown red. From Wordnik.com. [The Development of Embroidery in America] Reference
The latter is preferred in England, from the long habit of using Dutch madder, which is of this color, but in. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
There were examples of dying with things such as madder with alum mordant--one of my next big projects. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
At that point, bright dyes were made from local lichens, leaves, and grasses as well as imported dyes such as madder and indigo. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Fair Isle Knitting, Part 1] Reference
I thought I was going mad this morning (alright, "madder" then). From Wordnik.com. [Riemann's Cut] Reference
Dye with 60 per cent logwood and 25 per cent madder. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer] Reference
Dye with 1 oz. Hematin crystals, 3/4 oz. madder, 1/2 oz. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer] Reference
Use copperas in a madder-dye, instead of madder compound. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
A madder scheme it would have been impossible to hit upon. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
Instead of logwood a little madder is sometimes used; also. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer] Reference
Red brown, 34 from alder, 40 from lichen, 20 from madder, 34. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer] Reference
Some old dyers use Brazil wood to heighten the red of madder. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer] Reference
Dye with 24 per cent fustic and 4 per cent madder for 45 minutes. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer] Reference
They're a madder, vainer crowd than anything to be found in London. From Wordnik.com. [Tamara Drewe] Reference
I was merely madder than usual when I told him that I wouldn't sell. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Lal A Fantasy] Reference
Wash, dye in bath of logwood 12 oz., madder 2-1/2 oz., and fustic 8 oz. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer] Reference
Take out silk and add 2-1/2 oz. madder, 1 oz. fustic chips, and boil for 1 hour. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer] Reference
America, I am madder than a Tea Party patriot with a gravy stain on his flag shirt. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Larsen: Why Does The Constitution Hate America?] Reference
Anyway, the more I listened to talk radio, the madder I got and well, I don't know. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Secours: Raceaholics Anonymous: A 12-Step Program Just for the Tea Party ?] Reference
To the same bath add 1-3/4 oz. logwood extract, 1 oz. fustic extract, 7 oz. madder. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer] Reference
By altering the proportions of madder and fustic various shades of brown can be got. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer] Reference
The shades may be varied by the addition of small quantities of madder or cochineal. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer] Reference
The more Doctor Hilary thought about the conditions, the madder they appeared to him. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
Dye with 8 per cent fustic, 2 per cent madder, 1 per cent cudbear, 2 per cent tartar. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer] Reference
It was a bit like going to an Allman Brothers concert but everyone was madder, sort of. From Wordnik.com. [Rebecca Harrington: Smashing Pumpkins Get Psychedelic At Terminal Five] Reference
Remove yarn, enter flavin, madder and tin, take off the boil, enter yarn and stir well. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer] Reference
If you can stand it, there is another longer and even madder rant here on Media Matters. From Wordnik.com. [Why does Rupert Murdoch keep me on the air?] Reference
That made Mom even madder, and I began to wonder if Cyprien could break up their marriage. From Wordnik.com. [When I Became a White Girl] Reference
Boil up the logwood and madder in a separate bath and pour through a sieve into the dye bath. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer] Reference
"I think we are fortunate in having one of the varieties of the madder plant all about here.". From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island] Reference
In some parts of Holland where madder is cultivated a similar deformation is particularly frequent. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
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