by Heather Luke | Jun 23, 2015
An old word of Norwegian origin for the homestead and its arable land,...
by Heather Luke | Jun 23, 2015
Describes the lightest, finest of fabrics, which have a certain transparent tissue-paper quality, e.g. silk tissue and linen tissue, which are both finer than paper linen or silk. They are generally more tightly woven, meaning they drape softly but with...
by Heather Luke | Jun 23, 2015
The fermented coconut milk drink that is toddy...
by Heather Luke | Jun 23, 2015
The lightest shade of a colour, diluted by the addition of white; in effect it is white tinged with red, or green, or yellow. To tint is to add a hue, say when making the colour cream, or slightly softening an existing colour, leading to an infinite range of...
by Heather Luke | Jun 23, 2015
A solution made by dissolving or infusing a drug in alcohol and water; by extension it refers to a trace of something, a dye or pigment, the essence of a colour–a hint or a tinge of it that can be used say to turn white into pink by adding red, or blue into red...
