bluing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bluing	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bluing n used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge Synonym(s): bluing, blueing, blue a process that makes something blue (or bluish) Synonym(s): bluing, blueing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blue \Blue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bluing}.] To make blue; to dye of a blue color; to make blue by heating, as metals, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bluing \Blu"ing\, n. 1. The act of rendering blue; as, the bluing of steel. --Tomlinson. 2. Something to give a bluish tint, as indigo, or preparations used by washerwomen.