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Definition of Swatches
1. swatch [n] - See also: swatch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swatches
Literary usage of Swatches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Manual of Colours and Dye Wares: Their Properties, Applications by John William Slater (1870)
"... irons may also bo tried in precisely the same manner, only after being taken
out of the iron liquor the swatches are each steeped in a solution of alum. ..."
2. The Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry by Society of Chemical Industry (1884)
"The swatches are allowed to drain, thrown into water, and thoroughly washed, ...
This operation is accelerated by wringing out the swatches each time in a ..."
3. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands by Thomas Stanley Treanor (1892)
"I shall never forget the sensation of striking bottom in one of those swatches
where I expected to find, and had found recently before in the same state of ..."
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