Extract of acacia trees used variously as a food additive, astringent, tannin, and dye.
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Examples for "cutch "
Examples for "cutch "
1 He gets tar, and cutch , and ropes in the same way.
2 The only thing we supply usually is cutch to fishermen.
3 Large quantities of gambier are imported, under the corrupted name of cutch , into Calcutta, from Pegu.
4 Hitherto the extract has been brought on to the market in a solid state very much after the style of Burma cutch .
5 These proportions can be varied according to the shade of grey required; the more iron makes the colour browner, the more cutch the bluer grey.
1 Objective: To study the chemical constituents of Chinese medicine Acacia catechu .
2 When of good quality, catechu is more powerful as an astringent than kino.
3 For other dyes cotton has a special attraction, such as catechu .
4 In this bottle I have catechu powder scented with the pollen of screw-pine blossoms.
5 Turmeric, orchil, catechu , and indigo carmine are all extremely fugitive.
1 Dante gave him a cachou every time he brought her a piece of tissue paper.
2 Was it I who undertook to take charge of Cachou -
1 4,679 bales, and 14,436 baskets of terra japonica were imported into Liverpool in 1851, and 14,000 bales and baskets in 1852.
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