A very short dictionary entry defining calico painting as the art of producing designs or patterns in a variety of colors on calico and similar cotton fabrics. The scan consists of a single page with only a brief definition and no technical detail on methods or dyes.

A very short dictionary entry defining cambric as a fine, rather thin linen fabric first made at Cambray, from which it takes its name. It notes that in England the fabric is sometimes made from cotton as well as linen thread.

A one-page dictionary entry on chrome colors, the pigments containing chromium. It gives preparation methods for chrome blue, green, red, yellow and orange (chromate of lead), with notes on their use in dyeing, painting and enamel work. The text is a chemical recipe description with no weaving content.

A short dictionary entry describing dyer's fuming liquor, a solution of proto-chloride of tin made by boiling tin with hydrochloric acid. It notes that dyers use it to change the color of metallic dyes and to precipitate vegetable extracts, and that older authors called it sal jovis.

A very short dictionary entry defining 'fibre' as a thread-like substance, mostly of vegetable origin, with hemp, cotton, flax and coir as examples. It notes that wool and silk have also been called fibres, though the entry says this is improper.

A brief dictionary entry on indigo, describing it as a dark blue drug prepared from the leaves and small branches of a low shrub native to warmer parts of Asia and Africa. It notes the dye's wide use in dyeing and its value to oil and water-color painters for its brilliance, mixing qualities and permanence.

A very short dictionary entry defining 'lake' as a general term for yellow and red pigments made by combining aluminous earth with the coloring matter of a plant or insect. It lists examples such as carmine, scarlet, madder, yellow, cochineal and lac lakes. The rest of the entry is illegible in the scan.

A very short dictionary entry on madder, a dyestuff used extensively for red colors, especially on woollen cloth. It notes that the best madder comes from the Levant, with large quantities also coming from the East Indies, and identifies the source as the root (also stalk and leaves) of Rubia tinctoria.

A very short dictionary entry defining weld as the dried stalks, leaves, and flowers of the annual plant Reseda luteola. It notes that dyers use weld to produce a brilliant and durable yellow color.