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Old bleach alternative
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bluing
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Word definitions for bluing in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bluing \Blu"ing\, n. The act of rendering blue; as, the bluing of steel. --Tomlinson. Something, as indigo or other preparations, used to give a bluish tint, especially to white clothing when being washed.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge [syn: blueing , blue ] a process that makes something blue (or bluish) [syn: blueing ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Bluing is a passivation process in which steel is partially protected against rust , and is named after the blue-black appearance of the resulting protective finish. True gun bluing is an electrochemical conversion coating resulting from an oxidizing chemical ...
Usage examples of bluing.
It wasn't a deep cut in the metal, just a place where we'd sort of cut through the bluing on the steel.
I bought a walnut stock blank, scope mounts, sling-swivels, a sling, a used four-power scope, some do-it-yourself bluing, and a jar of stock finish.
I have turned very gray--Liddy reminded me of it, only yesterday, by saying that a little bluing in the rinse-water would make my hair silvery, instead of a yellowish white.
I said sharply, "I'm not going to use bluing at my time of life, or starch, either.
And, if I recall correctly, you must be nearly out of Morning Glory Laundry Bluing, and that was a particular favorite of yours, was it not?
And I have additionally stove blacking, laundry bluing, wash powders, and these very fine clothespins that have a patent pending for the superior spring mechanism that they employ.
A man's shirt and drawers, two towels gray for want of bluing, a little shirt and a nightgown and pair of stockings--and, directly in front of Marie, a small pair of blue overalls trimmed with red bands, the blue showing white fiber where the color had been scrubbed out of the cloth, the two knees flaunting patches sewed with long irregular stitches such as a man would take.
Overhead the sky was a deep periwinkle blue, as if a celestial housecleaner had spilled a bottle of bluing agent to the four comers of the earth.