Enter. To enter wool, to put it into the dye or mordant liquor.
Fenugrec. Fenugreek Trigonnella fænugræcum.
Flavin. A colouring matter extracted from Quercitron.
Full, to. To treat or beat cloth for the purpose of cleansing and thickening it.
Fuller's herb. Saponaria officinalis. A plant used in the process of fulling.
Fuller's Thistle, or teasle. Dipsacus fullonum. Used for fulling cloth.
Fustet. Young fustic. Venetian Sumach Rhus cotinus. It gives a fine orange colour, which has not much permanence.
Galls, Gall nuts. Oak galls produced by the egg of an insect,—the female gall wasp. An excrescence is produced round the egg, and the insect, when developed, pierces a hole and escapes. Those gall nuts which are not pierced contain most tannic acid. The best come from Aleppo and Turkey.
Gramme or Gram. About 15-1/2 grains (Troy).
Kilo. Kilogramme. Equals 2 lbs. 3.2 oz.