"sightening" meaning in All languages combined

See sightening on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: sightenings [plural]
Etymology: From sighten + -ing. Etymology templates: {{af|en|sighten|-ing}} sighten + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} sightening (plural sightenings)
  1. A colour used temporarily to enable a calico-printer to judge the pattern. Categories (topical): Colors
    Sense id: en-sightening-en-noun-PEyvApYU Disambiguation of Colors: 70 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

Etymology: From sighten + -ing. Etymology templates: {{af|en|sighten|-ing}} sighten + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} sightening
  1. present participle and gerund of sighten Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: sighten
    Sense id: en-sightening-en-verb-k-zVEHxD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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