blueing
Britishnoun
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a blue material, such as indigo, used in laundering to counteract yellowing
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the formation of a film of blue oxide on a steel surface
Example Sentences
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Wash blue, or blueing, is a laundry product with iron powder and just a hint of blue dye.
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2021
This circumstance has led Sociologists Peter and Brigitte Berger to suggest that if what Charles Reich calls "the greening of America" goes on apace, it may shade into a "blueing of America."
From Time Magazine Archive
The Glen Alden Coal Co. of Buffalo and Rochester, N. Y., has made the last wash a blueing process.
From Time Magazine Archive
The blueing tends to counteract any yellow tinge in the clothes, making them appear whiter.
From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management by Ontario. Ministry of Education
Silver butt-plates, silver lion-masque butt-caps, much of original blueing remains.
From A Catalogue of Early Pennsylvania and Other Firearms and Edged Weapons at "Restless Oaks" by Shoemaker, Henry W.
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