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- Any of various coloring agents used to counteract the yellowing of laundered fabrics.
- A rinsing agent used to give a silver tint to gray or graying hair.
bluing
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blu·ing blue·ing (blū'ĭng) 
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The addition of a small amount of clean blue colorant to a white paint to promote the visual perception of whiteness.
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IN BRIEF: A substance used to whiten clothes or give them a tinge of a certain color.
After washing our sheets with a bluing solution, they were whiter than they had ever been.
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The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
Synonyms: blueing, blue
Meaning #2:
a process that makes something blue (or bluish)
Synonym: blueing
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Bluing may refer to:
- Bluing (fabric), household product used to improve the appearance of fabrics
- Bluing (steel), passivation process in which steel is partially protected against rust
- "bluing" of machine parts to check for tolerances, see engineer's blue
- Mrs. Stewart's Bluing, brand of fabric bluing agent that whitens fabrics by adding a blue dye
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