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Definition of Orchils
1. orchil [n] - See also: orchil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orchils
Literary usage of Orchils
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1856)
"A nice collection of Indigos and orchils, with four specimens of Picric Acid,
two in crystals and two in the condition of a pasty mass. ..."
2. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1855)
"For instance, blue orchils, on being spread on paper or otherwise exposed to the
air, almost immediately lose their beautiful blue colour and bloom, ..."
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