ocher
ocher is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(a) A impure earthy ore of iron or a ferruginous clay, usually red (hematite) or yellow (limonite), -- used as a pigment in making paints, etc. The name is also applied to clays of other colors. (b) A metallic oxide occurring in earthy form; as, tungstic ocher or tungstite.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- auburn
- aureate
- bay
- berry
- bird
- bister
- bronze
- brown
- brunette
- cadmium
- cardinal
- chestnut
- chocolate
- cinnamon
- citrine
- color
- colored
- creamy
- crocus
- dapple
- embrown
- fallow
- fawn-colored
- flame
- flame-colored
- flavous
- flower
- flowering
- fog
- foot
- foxy
- fulvid
- fulvous
- fuscous
- gamboge
- gild
- gold
- golden
- grosbeak
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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