To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant.
Serving to fix a dye to a fibre.
Having or showing a sharp or critical quality
A glutinous size used as a ground for gilding, to make the gold leaf adhere.
Any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation.
Any corrosive substance used in etching.
To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.).
Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place.
Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).
Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic.
Twisted, bent, crooked.
Distortion.