Chem. [f. L. viol-a VIOLA1 + -INE5.] A violet-blue coloring matter or color. Also attrib.
1859. D. G. Price, in Repertory Patent Invent. (1860), XXXV. 159. The colouring matters I produce embrace shades of purple and pink. Three of these I name respectively, ‘violine,’ ‘purpurine,’ and ‘roseine.’
1862. Chambers’s Encycl., III. 721/2. Violine is very slightly soluble in water, is readily dissolved by alcohol.
1903. Daily Chron., 31 Oct., 8/4. Green is a dye that has receded from the affections of the smart, while violine is one that is equally ascending the scale of success. Ibid., 5 Dec., 8/4. A model in violine beaver, trimmed with a plume to match.
