Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various coloring agents used to counteract the yellowing of laundered fabrics.
- noun A rinsing agent used to give a silver tint to gray or graying hair.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A disease of pine timber which causes it to assume a blue color. It is due to the pyrenomycetous fungus, Ceratostomella pilifera.
- noun The act of making blue; specifically, the process of giving a blue color to iron and other metals by heating.
- noun A blue tint given to iron by boiling in a bath of hyposulphite of soda and acetate of lead.
- noun The indigo, soluble Prussian blue, or other material, used in the laundry to give a bluish tint to linen. Also spelled
blueing .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of rendering blue.
- noun Something, as indigo or other preparations, used to give a bluish tint, especially to white clothing when being washed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
blue . - noun A substance used in
laundry towhiten clothes;blue - noun Any of several processes to protect
steel againstrust
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a process that makes something blue (or bluish)
- noun used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
Etymologies
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Examples
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Someone had mentioned in a previous post that the bluing is actually a spray on coating - not sure about that.
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Someone had mentioned in a previous post that the bluing is actually a spray on coating - not sure about that.
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WIth a $50 coat of teflon, it may be my next working rifle for high end work (the bluing is thin).
A Top-Notch Working Rifle: David Petzal Reviews the Montana Rifle Company Model 1999 Ridgeline 2009
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All Answers from Sourdough Dave wrote 3 weeks 6 days ago bluing is a controlled oxidation of the steel so the surface has a bluish luster and by already being oxidized prevents that other form of oxidation called rust.
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Most of the bluing is worn from the barrel and the bold handle is slivery but it's still a tack driver.
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All submitted answers are subject to the rules set forth in our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. from Sourdough Dave wrote 3 weeks 6 days ago bluing is a controlled oxidation of the steel so the surface has a bluish luster and by already being oxidized prevents that other form of oxidation called rust.
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WIth a $50 coat of teflon, it may be my next working rifle for high end work (the bluing is thin).
A Top-Notch Working Rifle: David Petzal Reviews the Montana Rifle Company Model 1999 Ridgeline 2009
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Most of the bluing is worn from the barrel and the bold handle is slivery but it's still a tack driver.
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The bluing is gone; case color on the lever is gone.
My Dog's Name Is... 2008
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The bluing is the same, as is the stock color and finish.
slumry commented on the word bluing
At one time white-haired ladies used a little bit of bluing to counteract the yellow tinge in their hair; a bit too much and the hair was blue; hence, bluehairs.
July 21, 2015