Definitions for: Woad

[n] any of several herbs of the genus Isatis
[n] a blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant

Webster (1913) Definition: Woad, n. [OE. wod, AS. w[=a]d; akin to D. weede, G. waid,
OHG. weit, Dan. vaid, veid, Sw. veide, L. vitrum.] [Written
also wad, and wade.]
1. (Bot.) An herbaceous cruciferous plant ({Isatis
tinctoria}). It was formerly cultivated for the blue
coloring matter derived from its leaves.

2. A blue dyestuff, or coloring matter, consisting of the
powdered and fermented leaves of the Isatis tinctoria. It
is now superseded by indigo, but is somewhat used with
indigo as a ferment in dyeing.

Their bodies . . . painted with woad in sundry
figures. --Milton.

Wild woad (Bot.), the weld (Reseda luteola). See Weld.

Woad mill, a mill grinding and preparing woad.

See Also: dye, dyer's woad, dyestuff, genus Isatis, herb, herbaceous plant, Isatis, Isatis tinctoria

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