Meaning of MORDANT in English

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Meaning of MORDANT in English

• Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.
• Serving to fix colors.
• Any corroding substance used in etching.
• Any substance, as alum or copperas, which, having a twofold attraction for organic fibers and coloring matter, serves as a bond of union, and thus gives fixity to, or bites in, the dyes.
• Any sticky matter by which the gold leaf is made to adhere.
• To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant; as, to mordant goods for dyeing.

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