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A species of whitish-yellow, or buff-color somewhat soiled. Altieri. 

 The name of this tint is said to have originated in the following circum- 

 stance. The Archduke Albert, who had married the Infanta Isabella, 

 daughter of Philip II., King of Spain, with whom he had the Low Coun- 

 tries in dowry, in the year 1602, having determined to lay siege to Ostend, 

 then in the possession of the Protestants, the Princess, who attended him 

 in his expedition, made a vow, that until it was captured she would never 

 change her garments. It was, however, three years before the city was re- 

 duced ; and in that time the Infanta's linen had acquired tke hue above 

 mentioned. Hawkins. 



