Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Bluing"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bluing
n 1: used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
[syn: {blueing}, {blue}]
2: a process that makes something blue (or bluish) [syn: {blueing}]
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