Lexic.us

Definition of Ochre

1. Noun. Any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment.

2. Adjective. Of a moderate orange-yellow color.

3. Noun. A moderate yellow-orange to orange color.

Definition of Ochre

1. n. See Ocher.

Definition of Ochre

1. Noun. An earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide ¹

2. Noun. A somewhat yellowish orange colour ¹

3. Noun. (molecular biology colloquial) The stop codon sequence "UAA." ¹

4. Adjective. Having a yellow-orange colour. ¹

5. Adjective. (archaeology) Referring to cultures that covered their dead with ochre. ¹

6. Verb. to cover with ochre ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ochre

1. to ocher [v OCHRED, OCHRING, OCHRES] - See also: ocher

Medical Definition of Ochre

1. A impure earthy ore of iron or a ferruginous clay, usually red (hematite) or yellow (limonite), used as a pigment in making paints, etc. The name is also applied to clays of other colours. A metallic oxide occurring in earthy form; as, tungstic ocher or tungstite. Origin: F.ocre, L. Ochra, fr. Gr, from pale, pale yellow. See Ocher. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ochre

ochlocracy ochlocrat ochlocratic ochlocratical ochlocratically ochlocrats ochlophobia ochlophobias ochna family ochone

ochophobia ochraceous ochratoxin ochratoxin A hydroxylase ochratoxins ochre (current term) ochre codon ochre mutation ochre suppressor ochrea

ochreae ochreas ochreate ochreated ochred ochreish ochreous ochres ochrey ochring

Literary usage of Ochre

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

1. Elements of Chemical and Physical Geology by Gustav Bischof (1854)
"The above-mentioned circumstance, that the existing mineral springs rise at a lower level than the beds of ochre, is very frequently observed in that ..."

2. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1897)
"to ochre-yellow, the spots showing through in a purple shading ; discal spots as above, indistinct. Legs white, fore legs and tibiae of middle legs purplish ..."

3. The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio (1914)
"Thus, when fresco painters wish to imitate Attic yellow ochre, ... Into this they pour chalk and bray it, obtaining the colour of Attic yellow ochre. 2. ..."

4. A Treatise on Mineralogy by Charles Upham Shepard (1857)
"C. straw, sulphur or ochre-yellow.] In a closed tube, yields water. ... PALLADIUM-ochre. [Occurs in very small spherical masses, with a radiated, ..."

5. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1900)
"Palpi orange ochre ; front and thorax ochre gray ; abdomen nearly the same color, but more ochreous ; fore wings dull whitish, somewhat ochre tinted ..."

6. Synopsis of the North American Syrphidae by Samuel Wendell Williston (1886)
"See Hematite. Ochran, Breit. Near Halloysite. Plinth- ite, Thorn. ochre. ... ochre, tantalio. See Tantalio ochre. ochre, telluric. ..."

7. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"311 Deep yellow ochre, common in the bazaar at Madras. ... 312, 313 Orange ochre, made from the yellow ochre by beat, and bright yellow ochre, ..."

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