Sekirov Dictionary

ochre

UK /ˈəʊkə/US /ˈoʊkɚ/

noun 5
adjective 2
verb 1
forms 4

noun5

A clay earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide.
A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour.
Any of various brown-coloured hesperiid butterflies of the genus Trapezites.
The stop codon sequence "UAA".
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(slang, old-fashioned) Money, especially gold.
- ‘What does he come here cheeking us for, then?’ cried Master Kidderminster, showing a very irascible temperament. ‘If you want to cheek us, pay your ochre at the doors and take it out.’ — 1854

adjective2

Having a yellow-orange colour.
Referring to cultures that covered their dead with ochre.

verb1

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To cover or tint with ochre.
- The sun gloats in the sky, casting a gleam on the pasture where there was so much umbering and ochreing only moments before. — 2009

forms

ochred · ochreing · ochring · ochres

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