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▪ I. ˈyellowing, vbl. n.1
[f. yellow v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of imparting a yellow colour.
1611Cotgr., Iaulnissure,..a yellowing, or making yellow. 1622T. Stoughton Chr. Sacrif. xii. 166 Thrift..is pleaded for this yellowing of linnen as the which being so yellowed needeth not so much washing. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Yellowing, a manufacturing term for cleaning pins. 1859A. Smith in Macm. Mag. I. 125 The slow yellowing of wheaten plains. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Yellowing, the passing over of captains at a flag promotion. 1894Brit. Jrnl. Photog. XLI. 25 There would be no yellowing if the paper was good.
So ˈyellowing ppl. a., turning yellow, becoming yellow. Also fig.
1757Dyer Fleece iv. 576 The op'ning vallies, and the yellowing plains. 1840Browning Sordello i. 452 The noisy flock of thievish birds at work Among the yellowing vineyards. 1842Tennyson Sir Launcelot & Q. Guinevere ii, In curves the yellowing river ran. 1859Gullick & Timbs Painting 208 The yellowing tendency of oils on blue. 1908S. E. White Riverman viii, The old piano with the yellowing keys. 1961E. Williams George xxi. 339 Divvers—..a routine side-exam based on the yellowing idea that an Oxford graduate must have a solid religious training. 1977Guardian Weekly 10 July 17/4 All that is left is a batch of yellowing declarations of good intentions.
▪ II. yellowing vbl. n.2
see yellow v.2 |