Word Meanings - DEALBATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Act of bleaching; a whitening.

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• BLEACH
  To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten. The destruction of the coloring matters attached to the bodies to be bleached is effected either by the action of the air and light, of chlorine, or of sulphurous
• BLEACHED
  Whitened; make white. Let their bleached bones, and blood's unbleaching stain, Long mark the battlefield with hideous awe. Byron.
• WHITENESS
  A flock of swans. (more info) 1. The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface. Chaucer. 2. Want of a sanguineous tinge; paleness; as from terror, grief, etc. "The whiteness in thy cheek."
• WHITENING
  1. The act or process of making or becoming white. 2. That which is used to render white; whiting. Whitening stone, a sharpening and polishing stone used by cutlers; also, a finishing grindstone of fine texture.
• WHITEN
  To grow white; to turn or become white or whiter; as, the hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in spring whiten with blossoms. (more info) Etym:
• BLEACHER
  One who whitens, or whose occupation is to whiten, by bleaching.
• WHITENER
  One who, or that which, whitens; a bleacher; a blancher; a whitewasher.
• BLEACHING
  The act or process of whitening, by removing color or stains; esp. the process of whitening fabrics by chemical agents. Ure. Bleaching powder, a powder for bleaching, consisting of chloride of lime, or some other chemical or chemicals.
• BLEACHERY
  A place or an establishment where bleaching is done.