See Also: decoloration(dictionary)

ushabti (iou) and decoloration (iou)


ushabti (iou)



ushabti noun. , -tis. L19.

Egyptology. A figurine of a dead person, made of faience, stone, wood, etc., and placed with the body in the tomb to substitute for the dead person in any work required in the afterlife. Also ushabti-figure.

decoloration (iou)



decoloration noun. Also decolouration. E17.
[French decoloration from Latin decoloratio(n-), from decolorat- pa. ppl stem of decolorare DECOLOUR: see -ATION.]
Discoloration, staining. E17-E18.
Loss or removal of colour, decolourizing. M17.