reddener
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
reddener (plural reddeners)
- Agent noun of redden; someone or something which reddens.
- 1968, Janey Ironside, A Fashion Alphabet, page 191:
- Henna, a vegetable extract, was one of the earliest known dyes and is still used as a reddener for hair; nitrate of silver and gum water, walnut juice, iron rust, vinegar - all sorts of recipes have been tried over the years...
- 1895, William Morris, The Saga Library, page 492:
- Reddener of eagles' footsoles: "arnar il-rjóðr" = "rjóðr arnar ilja," who provides bleeding corpses for eagles to stand on and tear, warrior, Magnus the Good.