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Definition of Discolors
1. discolor [v] - See also: discolor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Discolors
Literary usage of Discolors
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical therapeutics by Edward John Waring (1874)
"... discolors the skin, and, in some instances, causes much irritation ; it should
be used freshly prepared, as ¡Г kept long it is apt to spoil. ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1878)
"Old sailors call it whales' feed, which, with them, is the generic title of
everything that discolors the water of the ocean. ..."
3. The Educational Ideal: An Outline of Its Growth in Modern Times by James Phinney Munroe (1896)
"And the human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays
irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own ..."
4. Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms and how to Distinguish Them: A Selection by William Hamilton Gibson (1899)
"Tradition says that you must fry a piece of silver with them and throw them away
if it discolors. Certainly the experiment does no harm, ..."
5. Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms and how to Distinguish Them: A Selection by William Hamilton Gibson (1895)
"Now this is right, but if from this you conclude that all fungus which discolors
silver is poisonous and that which leaves it bright is esculent, ..."
6. Practical orthodontia by Martin Dewey (1919)
"Iridio-platinum discolors in some mouths and like the other noble metals does
not retard the growth of microorganisms. A tooth that is in contact with an ..."
7. American Journal of Dental Science by American Society of Dental Surgeons (1887)
"... and more time for mixing, the more rapidly does it set, and the harder it is
after setting, it discolors more readily and the shrinkage is less, ..."
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