n.
1.a purplish pink dye was discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferino
2.an indecisive battle in 1859 between the French and Sardinians under Napoleon III and the Austrians under Francis Joseph I
Idiom of the Day
gray area
something difficult to define or put into a particular category, something that is not clear
Some of the legal issues were in a gray area.