http://wordie.org/words/mordant Comments for the word 'Mordant' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/mordant#comments means biting Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:42:37 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/mordant#comments http://wordie.org/words/mordant#comments I'd been familiar with this word in the "biting" or "caustic" sense, but not as a substance used to fix dyes. (From <em>Sea Room</em> by Adam Nicolson: "In order to reduce the liquidity of the animal end, the householders 'attended on their cows with large vessels to throw out the wash' - or to keep it as mordant for dyes - 'but still it must be wet and unwholesome" (pp 241-242) Mon, 07 May 2007 19:39:17 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/mordant#comments