woad

IPA: wˈoʊd

(countable) The plant Isatis tinctoria.
(countable and uncountable) The blue vat dye made from the leaves of the plant through partial drying and fermentation.

Examples of "woad" in Sentences

Blue: Handful of woad or 2 cups chopped red cabbage*
The 64-year-old's winning word was "woad," a plant whose leaves yield a blue dye.
He need not indulge in what is called the woad argument; we sha'n't go back to the early
With these goes the Wadman, who dealt in, or grew, the dye-plant called woad; cf. Flaxman.
Some few, however, are important, such as woad, weld, heather, walnut, alder, oak, some lichens; and many of the less important ones would produce valuable colours if experiments were made with the right mordants.
These may be divided into two groups: (1) Fermentation vats, in which the action of reducing agents is brought about through the influences of the fermentation of organic bodies, such as woad, bran, treacle, etc; (2) Chemical vats in which the reducing effect is brought about by the reaction of various agents on one another.
Your epic fantasy novel, The Dragons of Duncan's Ass Tattoo, can portray My Ass Tattoo's blue-skinned denizens, their miniature zeppelins, and their sphincter-worshipping rituals either accurately or inaccurately, with or without prejudice, but you ain't going to be appropriating their culture until you start covering yourseves in woad, living in airships and pouring libations to The One True Hole.