"bluing" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-bluing.wav Forms: bluings [plural]
Etymology: From blue + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|blue|ing}} blue + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bluing (countable and uncountable, plural bluings)
  1. A substance used in laundry to whiten clothes. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Laundry Synonyms: blue, laundry blue, dolly blue, washing blue
    Sense id: en-bluing-en-noun-en:whitener_for_clothes Disambiguation of Laundry: 89 8 3 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: 57 41 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 64 30 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 24 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 32 2
  2. Any of several processes to protect steel against rust. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-bluing-en-noun-en:protection_for_steel Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: blueing Related terms: bluish

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-bluing.wav
Etymology: From blue + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|blue|ing}} 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
    Sense id: en-bluing-en-verb-z8CCwPkD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: blueing

Inflected forms

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