dye2t

i. An obsolete spelling of diel, dye3t, n. An obsolete spelling of die3. You shall no more deal with the hollow dye Or the frail card. B. Jonson, Alchemist, ii. 1. dye-bath (di'bath), n. A bath prepared for use in dyeing; a solution of coloring matter in which substances to be colored are immersed. Oxalic acid, like acetic acid, is used for preparing dye baths. C. T. Davis, Leather, p. 708. Same as dye - bath. dye-pot (di'pot), n. A dye-vat. There were clothes there which were to receive different colors. All these Jesus threw into one dye - pot , and taking them out, each [piece] was dyed as the dyer wished. Stowe , Origin of the Books of the Bible, p. 222. dyer (di'er), n. [ deyer , Almost.. my nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dyer's hand. Shak ., Sonnets, cxi. 1808 in the place of a dye, although insoluble and not properly a dye. - Dyestone ore, an iron ore of great economical importance in the United States. Also called fo il, dyestone fo il, flaxseed, and Clinton ore. See Clinton ore, under ore.