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| | The Family Dyer and Scourer (1830) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | Drab colours are generally given by immersing the stuffs, first in a strong preparing liquor, then by giving a slight body in a stuffing liquor or ground colour; and lastly, the shade, whatever it may be, must be ascertained. |
 | | Lime water in dyeing browns or fl, especially browns, is found to be a good corrective, as also an alterative, when the goods are not come to the shade required; but practice alone can show its utility; it answers for either woollens, silks, or cottons. |
 | | This colour is dyed by giving the silk or cotton a ground colour of fustic, which colour is saddened with lime; a fresh copper is prepared with old madder liquor, into which the silk is to be dipped now and then. |
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