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/blˈuɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Blue v. t. (past & past part. blued; pres. part. bluing) To make blue; to dye of a blue color; to make blue by heating, as metals, etc.

noun

Bluing n.

The act of rendering blue; as, the bluing of steel.

Something, as indigo or other preparations, used to give a bluish tint, especially to white clothing when being washed.

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Etymology of 'Bluing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bluing" Quotes from Famous Books

... back over the months I spent at Sunnyside, I wonder that I survived at all. As it is, I show the wear and tear of my harrowing experiences. I have turned very gray—Liddy reminded me of it, only yesterday, by saying that a little bluing in the rinse-water would make my hair silvery, instead of a yellowish white. I hate to be reminded of unpleasant things and ...

— The Circular Staircase • Mary Roberts Rinehart

... Etc.—If you burn your finger or hand make a strong solution of bluing water and soak the affected part in it for ten minutes, or longer if necessary. The pain will quickly disappear ...

— Fowler's Household Helps • A. L. Fowler

... she said, "and some green vegetables, and—Miss Agnes, that woman was down on her knees beside the telephone!—and bluing for the laundry, and ...

— The Confession • Mary Roberts Rinehart

... were forgot. Aunt Emma Truegate Winslow was a myth of the dragon-haunted past. Here all was fresh color and free spaces looking to open sea. Behind the dunes, with their traceries of pale grass, reveled the sharp, unshadowed green of marshes, and an inland bay that was blue as bluing, a startling blue, bordered by the emerald marshes. To one side—afar, not troubling their peace—were the crimson roofs of fantastic houses, like chalets and California missions and villas of the Riviera, with gables ...

— The Trail of the Hawk - A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life • Sinclair Lewis

... Clothes.—Many rust spots on clothes are caused by bits of soap adhering to the latter when they come in contact with the bluing water. The discovery has been of great help to me because I can now easily avoid having these unsightly marks. I merely cut the soap into small pieces, and tie them in a salt bag I keep for the purpose. ...

— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter