mordant

That mordant humor, however enjoyable, tiptoes around the unanswerable question of how, or even whether, we can tell the difference between cosplay and the real thing.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026

Ms. Arnott’s sharply observed novel delivers a well-balanced blend of suspense, mordant wit and social commentary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

He and his colleagues came up with a mordant slogan: “The SPLC—making hate pay.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

Stamina is what’s required of those born into an earthly reality, for which, to quote mordant Beckett, there is no cure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2025

He passed it on to Alvarez, who put his signature to it and returned it to Sagane in 1949 as a mordant keepsake.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Options already exist for fixing dyes without lead, including natural mordants derived from plants rich in tannins, such as oak bark, pomegranate peel and rosemary, as well as alum, which is considered environmentally safe.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 2, 2026

“And the mordants too. You must learn those. Sometimes sumac. Tree galls are good. Some lichens. “Best is — here, come; let me show you.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry

The mode of applying the mordants varies according to the nature of the fibre and the metallic salt employed, the chief mordants at present in use being salts of chromium, aluminium, tin, copper and iron.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

A separate bath should always be kept for dyes or mordants containing iron.

From Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer by Ethel M. Mairet

With tin mordants Brazil wood gives brilliant but fugitive steam reds in calico-printing; but on account of the loose nature of its dyes it is seldom used except as an adjunct to other colours.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

To mordanted calico the shades imparted were dull and heavy, but very solid.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter

If the silk has been first mordanted with alum, compound colours can be obtained by the addition of a red or yellow dye to the bath.

From Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer by Ethel M. Mairet

The blue is largely used for cotton dyeing, producing on this fibre when properly mordanted an indigo shade.

From Coal and What We Get from It by Raphael Meldola

Without a mordant the colour is quite fast, but if the wool is mordanted with alum a brighter and richer colour is got.

From Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer by Ethel M. Mairet

With silk and wool it gives a brighter colour if mordanted with alum or tin.

From Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer by Ethel M. Mairet

Prior to their introduction cotton dyeing was always more or less complicated and mordanting methods had to be employed.

From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Franklin Beech

The mordanting operation aims at fixing upon the fibre the necessary metallic oxide or insoluble basic salt, which is called the mordant, although the term is also applied to the original metallic salt employed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

Following on the mordanting operations comes the dyeing, which is carried out in the following manner.

From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Franklin Beech

The general method for dyeing is the same as for wool, except, in most cases, lower temperatures are used in the mordanting.

From Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer by Ethel M. Mairet

In some cases the cotton is passed through alternate baths containing, on one hand, the mordanting salt, e.g., alum, copperas, etc., and, on the other, a fixing agent, such as soda or phosphate of soda.

From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Franklin Beech