ocher

Noun

ochre (countable and uncountable, plural ochres)

1. A clay earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide.
2. A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour.
3. (colloquial, molecular biology) The stop codon sequence "UAA".
4. (dated, slang) Money, especially gold.
   • ‘What does he come here cheeking us for, then?’ cried Master Kidderminster, showing a very irascible temperament. ‘If you want to cheek us, pay your ochre at the doors and take it out.’1854, Charles Dickens, chapter 6, in Hard Times
5. Any of various brown-coloured hesperiid butterflies of the genus Trapezites.

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