Definition of Piece-dye

1. Verb. Dye after weaving.

Generic synonyms: Dye

Lexicographical Neighbors of Piece-dye

pie pan
pie pans
pie plant
pie safe
pie safes
pie server
pie shell
piebald
piebald eyelash
piebald skin
piebaldness
piebalds
pieboy
piece-dye (current term)
piece de resistance
piece goods
piece of cake
piece of cloth
piece of clothing
piece of eight
piece of furniture
piece of ground
piece of land
piece of leather
piece of material

Literary usage of Piece-dye

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Silk Manufacturing and Its Problems by James Chittick (1913)
"piece-dye and Yarn-dye Costs. In such cases it is generally safer to bank up ... Most piece-dye goods are made of material that does not have to be thrown ..."

2. Wood products: Distillates and Extractsby Paul Dumesny, J. Noyer by Paul Dumesny, J. Noyer (1908)
"... and Cheviots—(2) Worsted Fabrics: Botany and Crossbred—(3) Fancy and piece-dye Woollens —(4) Fancy and piece-dye Worsteds—(5) Union Fabrics: piece-dyes ..."

3. Scannell's New Jersey's First Citizens and State Guide ...: Genealogies and by William Edgar Sackett, John James Scannell, Mary Eleanor Watson (1919)
"As show by statistics, the Lyons Piece Dye Works is now one of the largest plants of Its kind in the United States and in fact is ranked as one of the three ..."

4. The Manufacture of Varnishes and Kindred Industries: Based on and Including ...by John Geddes M'Intosh, Achille Livache by John Geddes M'Intosh, Achille Livache (1904)
"... and Cheviots—(2) Worsted Fabrics: Botany and Crossbred—(3) Fancy and piece-dye Woollens —(4) Fancy and piece-dye Worsteds—(5) Union Fabrics: piece-dyes ..."

5. Silk Throwing and Waste Silk Spinningby Hollins Rayner by Hollins Rayner (1903)
"... and Cheviots—(2) Worsted Fabrics: Botany and Crossbred—(3) Fancy and piece-dye Woollens —(4) Fancy and piece-dye Worsteds-(5) Union Fabrics: piece-dyes ..."

6. Modern Flax, Hemp and Jute Spinning and Twisting: A Practical Handbook for ...by Herbert R. Carter by Herbert R. Carter (1907)
"... and Cheviots—(2) Worsted Fabrics: Botany and Crossbred—(3) Fancy and piece-dye Woollens —(4) Fancy and piece-dye Worsteds- (5) Union Fabrics: piece-dyes ..."

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