Claret:
(a) deep purplish red colour
(b) the red table wine (c) blood
Gray:
(a) a colour between white and black
(b) gloomy (c) dull (d) having gray hair (e) mature (f) involving or composed of older persons (g) old and ancient (h) indeterminate and intermediate in character (i) gray material or clothing (j) to make or become gray (k) an unbleached and undyed condition (l) a horse of a gray colour (m) a horse that appears white but is not an albino
Green:
(a) the colour of leaves and grass
(b) pale and unhealthy in the face (c) (of fruit, plants, etc.) young or unripe (d) inexperienced and easily deceived (e) very jealous (f) smooth area with grass (g) unseasoned; not dried or cured (h) fresh, recent or new (i) full of life and vigour (j) environmentally sound or beneficial (k) (of wine) having a flavour that is raw (l) freshly slaughtered or still raw (meat) (m) (cement or mortar) freshly set and not completely hardened (n) green material or clothing (o) not fired as bricks or pottery (p) a shooting range for archery (q) to become or make green (r) green about / around the gills – looking ill or nauseated
Ivory:
(a) creamy white colour
(b) hard white substance of which the tusks of elephants are made (c) a tooth or teeth (d) vegetable ivory – the hard endosperm of the ivory nut, used for ornamental purposes, for buttons, etc. (e) a smooth paper finish produced by coating with beeswax before calendering (f) consisting or made of ivory
(a) a colour between white and black
(b) gloomy (c) dull (d) having gray hair (e) mature (f) involving or composed of older persons (g) old and ancient (h) indeterminate and intermediate in character (i) gray material or clothing (j) to make or become gray (k) an unbleached and undyed condition (l) a horse of a gray colour (m) a horse that appears white but is not an albino
Green:
(a) the colour of leaves and grass
(b) pale and unhealthy in the face (c) (of fruit, plants, etc.) young or unripe (d) inexperienced and easily deceived (e) very jealous (f) smooth area with grass (g) unseasoned; not dried or cured (h) fresh, recent or new (i) full of life and vigour (j) environmentally sound or beneficial (k) (of wine) having a flavour that is raw (l) freshly slaughtered or still raw (meat) (m) (cement or mortar) freshly set and not completely hardened (n) green material or clothing (o) not fired as bricks or pottery (p) a shooting range for archery (q) to become or make green (r) green about / around the gills – looking ill or nauseated
Ivory:
(a) creamy white colour
(b) hard white substance of which the tusks of elephants are made (c) a tooth or teeth (d) vegetable ivory – the hard endosperm of the ivory nut, used for ornamental purposes, for buttons, etc. (e) a smooth paper finish produced by coating with beeswax before calendering (f) consisting or made of ivory
Lavender:
(a) pale purple colour
(b) plant or shrub of the mint family having spikes of fragrant pale purple flowers (c) lavender water – toilet water, shaving lotion or the like made of lavender oil solution (d) lay (so) out in lavender – to scold or rebuke someone severely
Livid:
(a) bluish grey colour
(b) very angry (c) deathly pale (d) having a discoloured, bluish appearance caused by a bruise, congestion of blood vessels, strangulations, etc. as the face, flesh, hands or nails (e) feeling or appearing strangulated because of strong emotion
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(a) pale purple colour
(b) plant or shrub of the mint family having spikes of fragrant pale purple flowers (c) lavender water – toilet water, shaving lotion or the like made of lavender oil solution (d) lay (so) out in lavender – to scold or rebuke someone severely
Livid:
(a) bluish grey colour
(b) very angry (c) deathly pale (d) having a discoloured, bluish appearance caused by a bruise, congestion of blood vessels, strangulations, etc. as the face, flesh, hands or nails (e) feeling or appearing strangulated because of strong emotion
Posted by Jade Dame
[To be continued]
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