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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Woad  \Woad\,  n.  [OE.  wod,  AS  w[=a]d;  akin  to  D.  weede,  G.  waid, 
  OHG.  weit,  Dan.  vaid,  veid,  Sw  veide,  L.  vitrum.]  [Written 
  also  {wad},  and  {wade}.] 
  1.  (Bot.)  An  herbaceous  cruciferous  plant  ({Isatis 
  tinctoria}).  It  was  formerly  cultivated  for  the  blue 
  coloring  matter  derived  from  its  leaves. 
 
  2.  A  blue  dyestuff,  or  coloring  matter,  consisting  of  the 
  powdered  and  fermented  leaves  of  the  Isatis  tinctoria.  It 
  is  now  superseded  by  indigo,  but  is  somewhat  used  with 
  indigo  as  a  ferment  in  dyeing. 
 
  Their  bodies  .  .  .  painted  with  woad  in  sundry 
  figures.  --Milton. 
 
  {Wild  woad}  (Bot.),  the  weld  ({Reseda  luteola}).  See  {Weld}. 
 
 
  {Woad  mill},  a  mill  grinding  and  preparing  woad. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  woad 
  n  1:  a  blue  dyestuff  obtained  from  the  woad  plant 
  2:  any  of  several  herbs  of  the  genus  Isatis 




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