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Clothes whitener
Answer for the clue "Clothes whitener ", 6 letters:
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 ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A substance used in laundry to whiten clothes; blue 2 Any of several processes to protect steel against rust vb. (present participle of blue English)
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Bluing may refer to: Bluing (fabric) , blue dye used to improve the appearance of fabrics Bluing (hair) , blue dye used to improve the appearance of hair Mrs. Stewart's Bluing , brand of fabric and hair bluing Bluing (steel) , passivation process in which ...
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.