Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ocher"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ocher \O"cher\, Ochre \O"chre\, n. [F. ocre, L. ochra, fr. Gr.
?, from (?) pale, pale yellow.] (Min.)
(a) A impure earthy ore of iron or a ferruginous clay,
usually red (hematite) or yellow (limonite), -- used as a
pigment in making paints, etc. The name is also applied
to clays of other colors.
(b) A metallic oxide occurring in earthy form; as, tungstic
ocher or tungstite.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ocher
adj : of a moderate orange-yellow color [syn: {ochre}]
n 1: a moderate yellow-orange to orange color [syn: {ochre}]
2: any of various earths containing silica and alumina and
ferric oxide; used as a pigment [syn: {ochre}]
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