Pauson vs Puccoon - What's the difference?
pauson | puccoon | Alternative forms |
(botany) Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, such as the bloodroot and two species of Lithospermum , .
* 2002 , Stephen G Ausband, Byrd's line , page 62:
The red pigment (dye) obtained from these plants.
* 1624 , John Smith, Generall Historie , quoted by Kupperman in 1988, page 61:
Pauson is an alternative form of puccoon.
pauson
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Pauson has no English definition. It may be misspelled.puccoon
English
(wikipedia puccoon)Alternative forms
* paucon, pauson * poconesNoun
(en noun)- The puccoon dye was used as a sort of body rouge; it rubbed off on English linen quite easily, as Byrd's men discovered.
- their head and shoulders [were] painted red, with Oyle and Pocones mingled together, which Scarlet-like colour made an exceeding handsome shew [...].