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{ } n. [ F. ocre, L. ochra, fr. Gr. &unr_;, from (&unr_;) pale, pale yellow. ] 1. (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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The color of ocher{ 1 }, varying around orange, from more yellowish to more reddish in tint. [ PJC ]

‖n.; pl. Ochreaee [ L. ] 1. (Antiq.) A greave or legging. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A kind of sheath formed by two stipules united round a stem. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. 1. Wearing or furnished with an ochrea or legging; wearing boots; booted. [ 1913 Webster ]

A scholar undertook . . . to address himself ochreated unto the vice chancellor. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Provided with ochrea, or sheathformed stipules, as the rhubarb, yellow dock, and knotgrass. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. ocreux. ] Of or pertaining to ocher; containing or resembling ocher; as, ocherous matter; ocherous soil. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Ocherous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Ochery. [ 1913 Webster ]