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What (who) is sumac mordant - definition
SPECIES OF PLANT
Sugar sumac
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![Growing with ''[[Artemisia californica]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sugar bush imported from iNaturalist photo 129674567 on 14 October 2021.jpg?width=200 "Growing with ''[[Artemisia californica]]''")
![Growing with ''[[Yucca schidigera]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sugar bush imported from iNaturalist photo 1762888 on 14 October 2021.jpg?width=200 "Growing with ''[[Yucca schidigera]]''")
mordant
![The discovery of [[Congo red]] in 1883, followed by many other synthetic [[azo dye]]s, heralded the demise of mordant dyes.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Congo-red-2D-skeletal.png?width=200 "The discovery of [[Congo red]] in 1883, followed by many other synthetic [[azo dye]]s, heralded the demise of mordant dyes.")
![chelating to metal cations]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mordant red 19.png?width=200 "chelating to metal cations]].")
SUBSTANCE, USUALLY A METAL SALT OR OXIDE, USED FOR SETTING DYES, IN ETCHING, AND IN GILDING
Mordants; Dye fixative; Mordant dye
['m?:d(?)nt]
¦ adjective (especially of humour) sharp or critical.
¦ noun
1. a substance that combines with a dye or stain and thereby fixes it in a material.
an adhesive compound for fixing gold leaf.
2. a corrosive liquid used to etch the lines on a printing plate.
¦ verb impregnate or treat (a fabric) with a mordant.
Derivatives
mordancy noun
mordantly adverb
Origin
C15: from Fr., pres. participle of mordre 'to bite', from L. mordere.
Mordant
SUBSTANCE, USUALLY A METAL SALT OR OXIDE, USED FOR SETTING DYES, IN ETCHING, AND IN GILDING
Mordants; Dye fixative; Mordant dye
·adj Serving to fix colors.
II. Mordant ·noun Any corroding substance used in etching.
III. Mordant ·adj Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.
IV. Mordant ·noun Any sticky matter by which the gold leaf is made to adhere.
V. Mordant ·vt To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant; as, to mordant goods for dyeing.
VI. Mordant ·noun 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.
Edwin Mordant
AMERICAN ACTOR (1868-1942)
Draft:Edwin Mordant
Edwin Mordant (died 1942) was an actor on stage and in films in the United States. He appeared in numerous shows between 1901 and the later 1920s.
Wikipedia
Rhus ovata
Rhus ovata, commonly known as sugar bush or sugar sumac, is a shrub or small tree found growing in the canyons and slopes of the chaparral and related ecosystems in Southern California, Arizona, Baja California and Baja California Sur. It is a long lived-plant, up to 100 years, and has dense evergreen foliage that make it conspicuous. It is closely related to and hybridizes with the lemonade sumac.
