| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A green dye, often used to color cloth, which is obtained from the woad plant.[Wordnet]. | |
| Expression | 1. An alternative spelling for "Kendal": A cloth colored green by dye obtained from the woad-waxen, formerly used by Flemish weavers at Kendal, in Westmoreland, England.[Websters]. | |
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Common Expressions: Kendal green
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Kendal green | 1: Alt. of Kendal. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: A green dye, often used to color cloth, which is obtained from the woad plant. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
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Specialty Expressions: Kendal green
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Kendal Green | Literature | 1: Green cloth for foresters; so called from Kendal, Westmoreland, famous at one time for this manufacture. Kendal green was the livery of Robin Hood and his followers. In Rymer's Faedera (ii. 83) is a letter of protection, dated 1331, and granted by Edward III. to John Kempe of Flanders, who established cloth-weaving in the borough. Lincoln was also famous at one time for dyeing green. 2: "How couldst thou know these men in Kendal green, when it was so dark thou couldst not see thy hand?" - Shakespeare: 1 Henry IV., ii. 4. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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