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Definition of Bluing
1. Noun. Used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge.
2. Noun. A process that makes something blue (or bluish).
Generic synonyms: Chemical Action, Chemical Change, Chemical Process
Derivative terms: Blue
Definition of Bluing
1. n. The act of rendering blue; as, the bluing of steel.
Definition of Bluing
1. Verb. (present participle of blue) ¹
2. Noun. A substance used in laundry to whiten clothes; blue ¹
3. Noun. Any of several processes to protect steel against rust ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bluing
1. a fabric coloring [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bluing
Literary usage of Bluing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"bluing POLISHED STEEL 37. Steel articles may be blued by heating them in hot sand.
They can also be blued by placing them in sheet-iron boxes suspended in a ..."
2. Dr. Chase's Recipes: Or, Information for Everybody. An Invaluable Collection by Alvin Wood Chase (1860)
"bluing Liquid^ for Clothes.-—Much of the bluing used is poor stuff, leaving specks
in the clothes. To avoid this : Take soft Prussian blue, pulverized, ..."
3. A Text-book of sanitary and applied chemistry, or, The chemistry of water by Edgar Henry Summerfield Bailey (1917)
"bluing bluing is the process resorted to in the laundry to overcome the slight
yellow ... The method of using it for bluing, as it is insoluble in water, ..."
4. Chemistry of the Household by Margaret Eliot Dodd, American School of Home Economics (1914)
"bluing There are three kinds of bluing now on the market. ... It is what we often
buy as the "ball bluing," and is insoluble in water. ..."
5. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1904)
"plied, the word "American" differentiating them from several kinds of bluing
which were made abroad, and imported into this country for sale. ..."
6. Household Engineering: Scientific Management in the Home by Christine Frederick, American School of Home Economics (1919)
"bluing bluing is added to cover up any yellowness of the white clothes. When the
clothes appear blue too much bluing has been used. ..."
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