kendal

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kendal - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Kendal green \Ken"dal green`\, or Kendal \Ken"dal\
     A cloth colored green by dye obtained from the woad-waxen,
     formerly used by Flemish weavers at Kendal, in Westmoreland,
     England. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
     [1913 Webster]
  
           How couldst thou know these men in Kendal green ?
                                                    --Shak.
     [1913 Webster] Kennedia

kendal - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Kendal
      n 1: a green dye, often used to color cloth, which is obtained
           from the woad plant [syn: Kendal green, Kendal]