Definitions for cochineal

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cochineal coch·i·neal

Spelling: [koch-uh-neel, koh-chuh-, koch- Cochineal is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 410 anagrams from letters in cochineal (accehilno).

Definitions for cochineal

noun

1. a red dye prepared from the dried bodies of the females of the cochineal insect, Dactylopius coccus, which lives on cactuses of Mexico, Central America, and other warm regions.

Origin of cochineal

1575-85; Middle French cochinille Spanish cochinilla the insect; of obscure origin; perhaps to be identified with Spanish cochinilla sow bug (assuming a likeness between it and the female coc

Examples for cochineal

It is also used with cochineal for scarlet on wool in the one bath method.

Silk may be dyed crimson, by steeping it in a solution of alum, and then dyeing it in the usual way in a cochineal bath.

Half the sugar may be colored with cochineal to a delicate pink.

cochineal (according to depth of orange required) with 1/4 oz.

Then rub them through a hair sieve, and colour with cochineal.

The shades may be varied by the addition of small quantities of madder or cochineal.

Then add the pure of fruit, and a few drops of cochineal to colour it.

Colour with cochineal, and pour the mixture into a wetted mould.

Take two scruples of cochineal, and two ounces of argall finely pounded and sifted, and mix it with the liquor a little at a time.

cochineal, which has been boiled for 10 minutes before entering wool.