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bluing

American

[bloo-ing] / ˈblu ɪŋ /

Or blueing

noun

Chemistry.

a substance, as indigo, used to whiten clothes or give them a bluish tinge.

Etymology

Origin of bluing

First recorded in 1660–70; blue + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

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Anyone in area suffering symptoms such as breathlessness, wheezing, or bluing of lips and fingers is advised to contact the NHS 111 helpline.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2024

Although Castle made works with color, utilizing a variety of materials that include laundry bluing, watercolor, crayon and even colored ink leached from magazine pages, these are black soot-and-spit.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2023

Some on Reddit fixed this by sanding theirs down to take the shine off of the finish, and another recommended using an acrylic topcoat and another chemical bluing.

From The Verge • Mar. 9, 2022

When a congressional seat opened up in a bluing stretch of Phoenix’s eastern suburbs, Sinema ran and won.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2021

“But what a lot of work to boil the clothes in the large pots with the bluing powder.”

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023