"bluing" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-bluing.wav [US] Forms: bluings [plural], blueing [alternative]
Etymology: From blue + -ing. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|blue|-ing|text=+|tree=1}} From blue + -ing. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bluing (countable and uncountable, plural bluings)
  1. A substance used in laundry to whiten clothes. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: blue, laundry blue, dolly blue, washing blue Translations (clothes whitener): būļu (Marshallese)
    Sense id: en-bluing-en-noun-en:whitener_for_clothes Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Terms with Marshallese translations, Laundry Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 50 35 15 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 44 33 23 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 48 36 16 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 32 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 56 25 19 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 61 24 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 16 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 62 31 7 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 67 20 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Marshallese translations: 59 27 15 Disambiguation of Laundry: 95 3 1 Disambiguation of 'clothes whitener': 94 6
  2. Any of several processes to protect steel against rust. Tags: countable, uncountable Coordinate_terms: blackening, black oxide, browning, phosphating, passivation, plating, coating
    Sense id: en-bluing-en-noun-en:protection_for_steel Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 29 52 19

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-bluing.wav [US] Forms: blueing [alternative]
Etymology: From blue + -ing. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|blue|-ing|text=+|tree=1}} From blue + -ing. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} bluing
  1. present participle and gerund of blue Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: blue Related terms: bluish
    Sense id: en-bluing-en-verb-z8CCwPkD

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