一切經音義 65.350

65.350

漸染（或作㵶同子廉反廣雅漸漬也濕也相染污也後漢書墨子泣乎白絲如漸染之易性是也律文作𮉼毛也𮉼非此用）。

Gradual soaking / dyeing (漸染: 漸 is also written as 㵶, identical; fanqie zi + lian. The Guangya says: '漸 means to steep; to moisten; to contaminate mutually.' In the Hou Hanshu, 'Mozi wept over plain silk, moved by how gradual dyeing alters its nature,' is this. The Vinaya text writes it as 𮉼, meaning hair, which is not the correct usage here.).