vat : Idioms & Phrases
Dry vat
- a vat, basket, or other receptacle for dry articles.
Webster 1913
Junk vat
(Leather Manuf.) , a large vat into which spent tan liquor or ooze is pumped.
Webster 1913
Tan vat
- a vat in which hides are steeped in liquor with tan.
Webster 1913
vat color
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noun a water-insoluble dye that is applied by reducing the dye to an alkaline form, applying the dye, then regenerating the insoluble dye by oxidation in the material; used for dyeing cotton
vat color.
WordNet
vat dye
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noun a water-insoluble dye that is applied by reducing the dye to an alkaline form, applying the dye, then regenerating the insoluble dye by oxidation in the material; used for dyeing cotton
vat color.
