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What (who) is WOAD - definition

SPECIES OF PLANT
Glastum; Indigowoad Root; Radix Isatidis; Dyer's woad; Banlangen; Ban lan gen; Indigowoad root; Vitrum; Isatis indigotica; Woad; Woad raider; Woad raiders; Isatis japonica; Isatis indigotina
  • Pierre Assézat's 16th-century mansion]] in [[Toulouse]].
  • Woad plants
  • Indigo extracted from woad
  • Fruits of ''Isatis tinctoria''
  • Steps of the leaves to the blue dye.
  • Illustration of German woad mill in Thuringia, 1752.
  • madder]] (red), and [[woad]] (blue).

Woad         
·noun An herbaceous cruciferous plant (Isatis tinctoria). It was formerly cultivated for the blue coloring matter derived from its leaves.
II. Woad ·noun A blue dyestuff, or coloring matter, consisting of the powdered and fermented leaves of the Isatis tinctoria. It is now superseded by indigo, but is somewhat used with indigo as a ferment in dyeing.
woad         
n.
Weld, dyer's weed, woad-waxen, wood-waxen, wood-wax, dyer's broom (Genista tinctoria).
woad         
[w??d]
¦ noun
1. a yellow-flowered plant whose leaves were formerly used to make blue dye. [Isatis tinctoria.]
2. the dye obtained from this plant.
Origin
OE wad, of Gmc origin.

Wikipedia

Isatis tinctoria

Isatis tinctoria, also called woad (), dyer's woad, or glastum, is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae (the mustard family) with a documented history of use as a blue dye and medicinal plant. Its genus name, Isatis, derives from the ancient Greek word for the plant, ἰσάτις. It is occasionally known as Asp of Jerusalem. Woad is also the name of a blue dye produced from the leaves of the plant. Woad is native to the steppe and desert zones of the Caucasus, Central Asia to Eastern Siberia and Western Asia but is now also found in South-Eastern and Central Europe and western North America.

Since ancient times, woad was an important source of blue dye and was cultivated throughout Europe, especially in Western and Southern Europe. In medieval times, there were important woad-growing regions in England, Germany and France. Towns such as Toulouse became prosperous from the woad trade. Woad was eventually replaced by the more colourfast Indigofera tinctoria and, in the early 20th century, both woad and Indigofera tinctoria were replaced by synthetic blue dyes. Woad has been used medicinally for centuries. The double use of woad is seen in its name: the term Isatis is linked to its ancient use to treat wounds; the term tinctoria references its use as a dye. There has also been some revival of the use of woad for craft purposes.

Examples of use of WOAD
1. They are Indian in style, the colours on offer are white, natural, woad and indigo and they cost Ј112.
2. How they dread the attacks of the vicious Picts – the woad–encrusted savages from the north whose raids were to be held off by the new wall of turf and stone stretching across the neck of England.
3. Wine, today, tastes of or smells like or otherwise recalls÷ aloes, broom, creosote, dubbin, elderflower, freesia, gentian, holly, iodine, jasmine, korma, lily, mince pie, naphthalene, ozone, pine, quince, rose, September, tar, umbles, verbena, woad, xanthophyll, yeast, zoo, etc.
4. Wine, today, tastes of or smells like or otherwise recalls: aloes, broom, creosote, dubbin, elderflower, freesia, gentian, holly, iodine, jasmine, korma, lily, mince pie, naphthalene, ozone, pine, quince, rose, September, tar, umbles, verbena, woad, xanthophyll, yeast, zoo, etc.
5. Just when I start worrying about the fate of the Maldives and acknowledging that maybe, just maybe, we are going to have to do something fast not only to save the polar bears because of global warming but also our own hides, up pops some face–painted harpy telling me that we must forego the benefits of the 21st century and go back to a life of eating woad – and my scepticism starts to creep back in.