Look up: bluing

1. Bluing
   [steel] Bluing is a passivation process in which steel is partially protected against rust, and is named after the blue-black appearance of the resulting protective finish. True gun bluing is an electrochemical conversion coating resulting from an oxidizing chemical reaction with iron on the...
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2. Bluing
   [fabric] Bluing, laundry blue, or washing blue is a household product used to improve the appearance of textiles, especially white fabrics. Used during laundering, it adds a trace of blue dye (often synthetic ultramarine, sometimes Prussian blue) to the fabric. == Uses == White fabrics acqui...
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3. bluing
   [n] - used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge 2. [n] - a process that makes something blue (or bluish)
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4. bluing
   a step in the process of bleaching white yarn or fabric with a yellow cast to make it whiter through the application of a blue...dyestuff, which neutralizes the color. Category: The chemical industry
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5. Bluing
   Blu'ing noun 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.
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6. bluing
   blueing noun a process that makes something blue (or bluish)
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7. bluing
   blueing noun used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
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8. Bluing
   • (n.) Something to give a bluish tint, as indigo, or preparations used by washerwomen. • (n.) The act of rendering blue; as, the bluing of steel. • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blue
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9. bluing
   Blue mold found in blue cheeses.
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