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Fine Yellow Dye for Wood

Reduce 4 pounds of barberry root by sawing. to dust, which put in a copper or brass trough; brass trough:

TO DYE WOOD. add 4 ounces turmeric and 4 gallons water, then put in as many white holly veneers as the liquor will cover; boil them together for 3 hours, often turning them; when cool, add 2 ounces aquafortis, and the dye will strike through much sooner.

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