·add. ·- A group of artificial dyes with an affinity for vegetable fibers, so that no mordant is required. Most of them are azo compounds derived from benzidine or tolidine. Called also benzidine dyes.
·noun Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. ·see <<Tea>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Will you lap your congo with me? will you drink tea with me? ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·noun An assemblage of objects in a certain order or relation, or having some resemblance or common ...
A set of islands not ranged in a row so as to form a chain, and the word is often used synonymously ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·add. ·- An artificial red dye from which the Congo group received its name. It is also widely used ...
·- An amphibian (Amphiuma means) of the order Urodela, found in the southern United States. ·see <<A...
·- A subdivision of the cretaceous formation of western North America, especially developed in Color...
·- A subdivision at the base of the cretaceous formation in Western North America; — so named from ...
·- A minor subdivision at the base of the Cambrian system in Wales. ...
·- An extensive series of strata, principally developed in the Rocky Mountain region, as in the Lara...
·- A series of strata in the lower Silurian formations of Great Britain; — so named from Llandeilo ...
·- A subdivision of the British Upper Silurian lying below the Old Red Sandstone; — so named from t...
·- A subdivision of the Chemung period in American geology. ·see Chart of Geology. ...
·- A subdivision of the Primordial or Cambrian period in American geology; — so named from the sand...
·- The middle of the three groups into which the rocks of the Canadian period have been divided in t...
·- The middle subdivision of the Upper Silurian in Great Britain; — so named from the typical local...