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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dyeing \Dye"ing\, n.
The process or art of fixing coloring matters permanently and
uniformly in the fibers of wool, cotton, etc
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dye \Dye\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dyed}; p. pr & vb n.
{Dyeing}.] [OE. deyan, dyen, AS de['a]gian.]
To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to as
by the application of dyestuffs.
Cloth to be dyed of divers colors. --Trench.
The soul is dyed by its thoughts. --Lubbock.
{To dye in the grain}, {To dye in the wool} (Fig.), to dye
firmly; to imbue thoroughly.
He might truly be termed a legitimate son of the
revenue system dyed in the wool. --Hawthorne.
Syn: See {Stain}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
dyeing
n : the use of dye to change the color of something permanently
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