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red ocher
noun
- any of the red natural earths, mixtures of hematite, that are used as pigments.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of red ocher1
First recorded in 1565–75
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Example Sentences
It is made of white and reddish-brown bark, and sometimes the white ones are colored with red ocher.
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The flesh side of the skin is rubbed with red ocher, on which are painted in describable designs.
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Colono-Indian pottery; body pinkish buff with traces of red ocher in the clay; exterior surface highly burnished.
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Peck notes burial markers as: stone platforms, red ocher abundant, and flint tools.
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I stirred it gently; got more hematite—red ocher, you know—and half-filled the helmet.
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