Sentences with word «woad»

What may have aspired to be an intelligent action flick is instead a standard chase flick with interesting observations on the use of woad by the ancient Britons, and far too few philosophical interludes of any substance.

Our picks: MAKE Beauty Matte Finish Eyeshadow in Woad and Stila Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner in Indigo.

Blue dyes for clothing were made from woad in Europe and indigo in Asia and Africa.

In this version, Merlin is no wizard but a strange old Woad with a blue face, whose beliefs Guinevere and ultimately Arthur's coincide with.

The average Feegle man (Feegle women are rare — see later) is about six inches high, red haired, his skin turned blue with tattoos and the dye called woad, and, since you're this close, he's probably about to hit you.

Senua, Celtic warrior extraordinaire, her face and arms slathered in cerulean woad matching the color of her eyes, slices through the hordes of the Viking undead with the severed head of her dead boyfriend strapped to her belt.

The Cuban artist Ana Mendieta's use of red paint as a kind of atavistic woad is also properly disturbing.

Economically the town depended much on the marketing of woad, the famous dye grown in the surrounding district, used for dyeing textiles and marketed to merchants who travelled through Erfurt to pick it up.

Walls painted in Woad 251 Absolute Matt Emulsion, # 38 for 2.5 ltr, Little Greene.

It also comes from the woad plant (Isatis tinctoria), and was used by the Celts in Scotland to dye their faces.

capitata), Brussels sprouts, and broccoli (Brassica oleracea), as well as other species with great medicinal benefits, like maca (Lepidium meyenii), nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus), and woad (Isatis tinctoria).

Tagged With: ancient Britain, history, military, Ninth Legion, occupation army, Picts, politics, Roman Army, Woad

All people need freedom, and all Mutants need to use the word «Woad» more often in their daily vocabulary.

After a fight against the Woads (a group of insurgents in Britain), they return to a Roman outpost, anxious to gain their freedom.

As a matter of fact, King Arthur reminded me of a somewhat more simplistic version of Braveheart (And that's not just because of the Woad warriors who are painted blue.)

Merlin (played by Stephen Dillane) is here as well, but he's the leader of the Woads and has no mystical powers whatsoever.

I pronounced it Woad - house.

This volume, the third in a series describing the history, characteristics, and scientific analysis of artists» pigments, covers 10 pigments (Egyptian blue; gamboge; titanium dioxide whites; orpiment and realgar; indigo and woad; madder and alizarin; Vandyke brown; Prussian blue; emerald green and Scheele's green; and chromium oxide greens).