Word: ingrain
An ingrain fabric, such as a carpet.
To dye with a fast or lasting colour.
To make (something) deeply part of something else. Example: The dirt was deeply ingrained in the carpet.
Dyed with grain, or kermes.
Dyed before manufacture; said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.
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