(n.) A thorny tree or shrub of the genus Lawsonia (L. alba). The fragrant white blossoms are used by the Buddhists in religious ceremonies. The powdered leaves furnish a red coloring matter used in the East to stain the hails and fingers, the manes of horses, etc.
(n.) The leaves of the henna plant, or a preparation or dyestuff made from them.
Example Sentences:
(1) The tuberculostatic activity of the herb henna (Lawsonia inermis Linn.)
(2) Flanked by lawns and monuments, this is the site of Delhi’s passeggiata , and at sunset, candy floss and ice-cream sellers, bubble blowers and henna artists set up stall.
(3) cardinal (cd), dark red brown (drb), Henna-recessive (Hnr), purple (pr), Punch2 (Pu2), Punch-Grape (PuGr), and scarlet (st).
(4) But at school, I spent my time hiding my hennaed hands, not telling people I was eating curry at home, being very shy about being Muslim.” Only when she went to Oxford did she start to wear a headscarf.
(5) For the family, the mutilation is sometimes cause for celebration, with the daughter’s hands painted with henna.
(6) Hamaha, known as "Red Beard" because of his hennaed hair, added: "And it's only just started."
(7) You only need to look around to see why their work is needed so urgently,” said Henna Rai from Upstanding Neighbourhoods.
(8) The courtyard will become a mini-farm in the opening weeks and an ice rink over the winter, while upstairs in the classrooms there are courses on Hebrew lettering and henna body-painting, kosher cooking classes and lessons in Krav Maga – the lethal martial art taught to the Israeli Defence Force.
(9) And for a few months more it will be at its best - filled with bird lovers, blacksmiths and children with henna-stained fingers playing in the alleys.
(10) It is also useful in showing Mrs Organ Morgan's general shop with its jumble of "custard, buckets, henna, rat-traps, shrimp-nets, sugar, stamps, confetti, paraffin, hatchets, whistles" – all neatly assembled from Blake's sources.
(11) He arrived in Dadaab on a donkey cart in 1992, at the age of seven, with his mother and father: a thin, wizened man with hennaed hair and light eyes called Idris.
(12) Poisoning by a mixture of henna dye and para-phenylenediamine dyes led to the hospitalization of 31 Sudanese children between 1984 and 1989.
(13) It is possible that similar cases may be occurring unrecognized where henna is traditionally used.
(14) Pteridine analyses in double mutants combining pr with one of three other eye color mutants sepia, Henna-recessive3, and prune2, suggest that the metabolic block in pr occurs prior to sepiapterin biosynthesis.
(15) Compared to the wild type, the Punch2 mutant has diminished levels of both pteridines, whereas Henna-recessive3 lacks completely tetrahydropterin and has increased levels of tetrahydrobiopterin, as expected according to their biochemical lesions.
(16) Bi Kidude also made and applied wanja , a black cosmetic which, combined with henna, is used to paint elaborate designs on the arms and legs of young women.
Tattoo
Definition:
(n.) A beat of drum, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters in garrison, or to their tents in camp.
(v. t.) To color, as the flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as to form marks or figures which can not be washed out.
(n.) An indelible mark or figure made by puncturing the skin and introducing some pigment into the punctures; -- a mode of ornamentation practiced by various barbarous races, both in ancient and modern times, and also by some among civilized nations, especially by sailors.
Example Sentences:
(1) Nine years of clinical experience of the application of the Q-switched ruby laser to the removal of tattoos is presented.
(2) I think of tattoos as art, but also, every time I look at mine, I relive the emotions I felt when I had them.
(3) By using various colors, it is possible to tattoo a nipple-areola complex onto the breast that will have an illusion of projection.
(4) Hardy has a 10in tattoo of Lee along his left shin.
(5) In 2, 178 tattooed male conscripts in ages of 19-24 years, the most frequent tattoo was a heart mark or a mark of heart and arrow.
(6) Of the 781 tattooed men, 62% had tattoos on their forearms, 34.2% had self-injured scars on their bodies, and 18.6% had criminal convictions.
(7) Previously a cover-up and reworking of a tattoo beneath, when she was performing across the UK with Girls Aloud in February , you could see the bold work in progress poking above her backless stage costumes.
(8) Tattooing provides accurate localization for tumor surgery following radiation therapy.
(9) Lisbeth Salander is a violent and emotionally uncommunicative tattooed and much-pierced goth who grew up in care, and has had serious mental health issues.
(10) Sitting at the table today, Archie is doing his best to look the part – in time-honoured hip-hop style, there is an inspirational motto tattooed on his forearm in flowing script – and he and Foster have an impressive line in managerial hyperbole: "We believe that whatever record label we work for, we can change that label for the better because we understand what kids want to listen to."
(11) These findings suggest that the development of B-cell lymphoma in this patient was related to a persistent abnormal immune response to the chronic antigenic stimulus of the dye of the tattoo.
(12) Subsequent treatments are given using skin tattoos and laser alignment for target placement within the isocenter of the linear accelerator, and a modified portable halo-ring device is used for skull immobilization.
(13) In 2007, Eurostar ran adverts in Belgium for its trains to London depicting a tattooed skinhead urinating into a china teacup.
(14) I don't particularly like that area of my arm, and getting the tattoo meant I had to confront that.
(15) The fibromas were transmitted by intradermal and subcutaneous inoculation and by rubbing the virus preparation into tattoo sites.
(16) The idea of tattooing your flesh with the southern cross was, well, strange.
(17) "I have a fond memory of sitting in one of the dressing rooms, talking about Ireland in the 80s, and her showing me as many of her shamrock tattoos as possible.
(18) A patient who developed localized, granulomatous reactions in a tattoo is described.
(19) Incarcerating a pigment in the depth of the dermis has caused no problems for professionals and aestheticiens performing tattoos.
(20) The significance of tattoos has differed at times and in different civilisations (means of communication, social identification mark, religious origin).