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MordantMordant Mor"dant, a. [F., p. pr. of mordere to bite; L.
mordere. See Morsel.]
1. Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.
2. (Dyeing & Calico Printing) Serving to fix colors. Mordant
Mordant Mor"dant, n. [F., originally, biting.]
1. Any corroding substance used in etching.
2. (Dyeing & Calico Printing) Any substance, as alum or
copperas, which, having a twofold attraction for organic
fibers and coloring matter, serves as a bond of union, and
thus gives fixity to, or bites in, the dyes.
3. (Gilding) Any sticky matter by which the gold leaf is made
to adhere.
MordantMordant Mor"dant, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mordanted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Mordanting.]
To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant; as, to
mordant goods for dyeing. MordantedMordant Mor"dant, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mordanted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Mordanting.]
To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant; as, to
mordant goods for dyeing. MordantingMordant Mor"dant, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mordanted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Mordanting.]
To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant; as, to
mordant goods for dyeing. Mordantly
Mordantly Mor"dant*ly, adv.
In the manner of a mordant.
red mordant Red horse. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially
Moxostoma macrolepidotum and allied species.
(b) See the Note under Drumfish.
Red lead.
(Chem) See under Lead, and Minium.
Red-lead ore. (Min.) Same as Crocoite.
Red liquor (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of
aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of
dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used
originally for red dyestuffs. Called also red mordant.
Red maggot (Zo["o]l.), the larva of the wheat midge.
Red manganese. (Min.) Same as Rhodochrosite.
Red man, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his
color.
Red maple (Bot.), a species of maple (Acer rubrum). See
Maple.
Red mite. (Zo["o]l.) See Red spider, below.
Red mulberry (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple
color (Morus rubra).
Red mullet (Zo["o]l.), the surmullet. See Mullet.
Red ocher (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a
reddish color.
Red perch (Zo["o]l.), the rosefish.
Red phosphorus. (Chem.) See under Phosphorus.
Red pine (Bot.), an American species of pine (Pinus
resinosa); -- so named from its reddish bark.
Red precipitate. See under Precipitate.
Red Republican (European Politics), originally, one who
maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, --
because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an
extreme radical in social reform. [Cant]
Red ribbon, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England.
Red sanders. (Bot.) See Sanders.
Red sandstone. (Geol.) See under Sandstone.
Red scale (Zo["o]l.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus
aurantii) very injurious to the orange tree in California
and Australia.
Red silver (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or
reddish black color. It includes proustite, or light red
silver, and pyrargyrite, or dark red silver.
Red snapper (Zo["o]l.), a large fish (Lutlanus aya or
Blackfordii) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and about the
Florida reefs.
Red snow, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga
(Protococcus nivalis) which produces large patches of
scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions.
Red softening (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which
the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to
infarction or inflammation.
Red spider (Zo["o]l.), a very small web-spinning mite
(Tetranychus telarius) which infests, and often
destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those
cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly
on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn
yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red.
Called also red mite.
Red squirrel (Zo["o]l.), the chickaree.
Red tape, the tape used in public offices for tying up
documents, etc.; hence, official formality and delay. Tin mordantTin Tin, n. [As. tin; akin to D. tin, G. zinn, OHG. zin, Icel.
& Dan. tin, Sw. tenn; of unknown origin.]
1. (Chem.) An elementary substance found as an oxide in the
mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white
crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatures, but
brittle when heated. It is not easily oxidized in the air,
and is used chiefly to coat iron to protect it from
rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form the
reflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze,
speculum metal, and other alloys. Its compounds are
designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol Sn (Stannum).
Atomic weight 117.4.
2. Thin plates of iron covered with tin; tin plate.
3. Money. [Cant] --Beaconsfield.
Block tin (Metal.), commercial tin, cast into blocks, and
partially refined, but containing small quantities of
various impurities, as copper, lead, iron, arsenic, etc.;
solid tin as distinguished from tin plate; -- called also
bar tin.
Butter of tin. (Old Chem.) See Fuming liquor of Libavius,
under Fuming.
Grain tin. (Metal.) See under Grain.
Salt of tin (Dyeing), stannous chloride, especially so
called when used as a mordant.
Stream tin. See under Stream.
Tin cry (Chem.), the peculiar creaking noise made when a
bar of tin is bent. It is produced by the grating of the
crystal granules on each other.
Tin foil, tin reduced to a thin leaf.
Tin frame (Mining), a kind of buddle used in washing tin
ore.
Tin liquor, Tin mordant (Dyeing), stannous chloride, used
as a mordant in dyeing and calico printing.
Tin penny, a customary duty in England, formerly paid to
tithingmen for liberty to dig in tin mines. [Obs.]
--Bailey.
Tin plate, thin sheet iron coated with tin.
Tin pyrites. See Stannite.
Meaning of Mordan from wikipedia
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Mordan may
refer to:
Sampson Mordan (1790-1843),
British inventor Mordan, Iran, a
village in
Kerman Province, Iran This
disambiguation page
lists articles...
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Sampson Mordan (1790 – 9
April 1843) was a
British silversmith and a co-inventor of the
first patented mechanical pencil.
During his youth, he was an apprentice...
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Guillermo "Pinky"
Mordan is
Dominican reggaeton producer from Harlem, NY.
Pinky started his
career with
music production. He had a
segment on Univision’s...
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earliest Mordan pencils are thus
hallmarked SMGR.
After 1837,
Mordan ended his
partnership with
Riddle and
continued to
manufacture pencils as "S.
Mordan & Co"...
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Clara Evelyn Mordan (28
September 1844 – 22
January 1915) was a
British suffragist and
benefactor to the Women's
Social and
Political Union and St Hugh's...
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Rebecca Mordan is a
British actress, writer, and
activist with work
featured in The
Guardian and the BBC. She is also
featured in the TV show Lexx.
Mordan founded...
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elderly Admiral Mark
Jameson to deal with a
hostage negotiation on the
planet Mordan IV.
Jameson took a drug to
reverse his aging, and must
defuse the situation...
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Patrick Doak
Kamal Bolden as Owen
Turner Karl
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Mordan as Rona On
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Mordan Heydari (Persian: مردان حيدري, also
Romanized as
Mordān Ḩeydarī) is a
village in Kambel-e
Soleyman Rural District, in the
Central District of Chabahar...
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makers of
vesta cases included silversmiths such as
Mappin & Webb,
Sampson Mordan,
Asprey & Co.,
William Neale & Sons,
Elkington & Co.,
Saunders & Shepherd...
