| 单词 | bluing water |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbluing water General attributive, as bluing pan, bluing process, bluing water, etc. ΚΠ 1805 Jrnl. Nat. Philos. Sept. 63 [The blue colour] may be restored again by the blueing process without any previous hardening. 1830 Sheffield Independent, & Yorks. & Derbyshire Advertiser 27 Mar. To be sold by auction, by Mr. Saunders... Four pairs of very good Vices, Blueing Pan, Marks, [etc.]. 1857 H. Melville Confidence-man xxx. 274 A heart like a wrung-out old bluing-bag. 1937 T. Turner in J. F. Dobie & M. C. Boatright Straight Texas 170 Bluing water is mighty good for horses or dogs that have distemper. 1991 Boston Apr. 129/1 Roughly 99 percent of all the new sapphires sold at retail are baked in ovens to accelerate nature's bluing process. 1999 C. Mendelson Home Comforts xix. 282/1 The use of soaps or detergents, softeners, bluing agents, boosters, and the like. < as lemmas |
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