Definitions for blueing

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blueing blue·ing

Spelling: [bloo-ing]

IPA: /ˈblu ɪŋ/

Blueing is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 159 anagrams from letters in blueing (begilnu).

Definitions for blueing

noun

1. bluing.
2. the pure color of a clear sky; the primary color between green and violet in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 450 and 500 nm.
3. bluing.
4. something having a blue color:
5. a person who wears blue or is a member of a group characterized by some blue symbol:
6. (often initial capital letter) a member of the Union army in the American Civil War or the army itself. Compare gray1 (def 13).
7. bluestocking.
8. blue ribbon (def 1).
9. any of several blue-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
10. Printing. blueline.
11. the blue. the sky. the sea. the remote distance:
12. a substance, as indigo, used to whiten clothes or give them a bluish tinge.

Idioms

1. blue in the face, exhausted and speechless, as from excessive anger, physical strain, etc.:
2. out of the blue, suddenly and unexpectedly:

adjective

1. of the color of blue:
2. (initial capital letter) of or relating to the Union army in the American Civil War.
3. (of the skin) discolored by cold, contusion, fear, or vascular collapse.
4. depressed in spirits; dejected; melancholy:
5. holding or offering little hope; dismal; bleak:
6. characterized by or stemming from rigid morals or religion:
7. marked by blasphemy:
8. (of an animal's pelage) grayish-blue.
9. indecent; somewhat obscene; risqué:

verb (used with object)

1. to make blue; dye a blue color.
2. to tinge with bluing:

verb (used without object)

1. to become or turn blue.

Origin of blueing

1250-1300; Middle English blewe Anglo-French blew, bl(i)u, bl(i)ef blue, livid, discolored, Old French blo, blau (French bleu) Germanic *blǣwaz; compare Old English blǣwen, contraction of blǣ

Examples for blueing

We don't even have to rub clothes up here the way you have to in other places; and we never put in a pinch of blueing.

They are to be washed a third time in a stronger soap liquor, made hot and tinged with blueing, and rinsed in clean water.

The pebbles on the beach under the water looked as if they were in a basin of blueing.

Afterward they should be very thoroughly rinsed or they may irritate the skin, and ironed without starch or blueing.

What is it that has boiled and then condensed: the water, the alcohol, or the blueing?

Oh, why didn't I tell Wiggy to bring me some blueing from the store?

Care should be taken to screw the53 bearing cap onto the shims as tightly as possible each time the blueing test is to be made.

Two wash-forms are needed; one for the two tubs in which to put the suds, and the other for blueing and starching-tubs.

blueing will aid in keeping the clothes white, but do not use too much.

Some of the blueing had gotten on his nose and refused to come off.