Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume DE

Dye (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dyeing.] [OE. deyan, dyen, AS. deágian.] To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as by the application of dyestuffs.

Cloth to be dyed of divers colors.
Trench.

The soul is dyed by its thoughts.
Lubbock.

-- To dye in the grain, To dye in the wool (Fig.), to dye firmly; to imbue thoroughly.

He might truly be termed a legitimate son of the revenue system dyed in the wool.
Hawthorne.

Syn. -- See Stain.

Dye, n.

1. Color produced by dyeing.

2. Material used for dyeing; a dyestuff.

Dye, n. Same as Die, a lot. Spenser.

Dye"house` (?), n. A building in which dyeing is carried on.

Dye"ing (?), n. The process or art of fixing coloring matters permanently and uniformly in the fibers of wool, cotton, etc.

Dy"er (?), n. One whose occupation is to dye cloth and the like.

-- Dyer's broom, Dyer's rocket, Dyer's weed. See Dyer's broom, under Broom.

Dye"stuff` (?), n. A material used for dyeing.

Dye"wood` (?), n. Any wood from which coloring matter is extracted for dyeing.