MORDANTS - Definition of MORDANTS

Definitions for mordants

Mordant (a.) - Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.
Mordant (a.) - Serving to fix colors.
Mordant (n.) - Any corroding substance used in etching.
Mordant (n.) - Any substance, as alum or copperas, which, having a twofold attraction for organic fibers and coloring matter, serves as a bond of union, and thus gives fixity to, or bites in, the dyes.
Mordant (n.) - Any sticky matter by which the gold leaf is made to adhere.
Mordant (v. t.) - To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant; as, to mordant goods for dyeing.
Mordanted (imp. & p. p.) - of Mordant
Mordanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) - of Mordant
Mordantly (adv.) - In the manner of a mordant.
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