A chemical agent used for blanching.

A thing which whitens something; spec. any of various substances or agents used for whitening. rare before mid 19th cent.

a stage in the process of bleaching (see quot. 1804).

eau de Javelle (also water of Javelle, Javelle('s) water): an aqueous solution containing potassium hypochlorite and used as a bleach or a…

A chemical element of the halogen series, atomic number 17, which is a yellowish-green, pungent gas with diatomic molecules (Cl2), but is found…

carbonaceous material formed by charring animal matter (esp. bone), and used as a black pigment and as a decolourizing agent.

Calcium or sodium hypochlorite used as bleach. Cf. chemic, v. 2. Now rare.

An alcohol in crystalline form obtained from the decomposition of styracin; used as an antiseptic and a bleaching agent.

attributive and in other combinations, as bleaching-croft, bleaching-field, bleaching-fluid, bleaching-ground, bleaching-liquor, bleaching powder;

Bleaching powder. Obsolete. rare.

an agent that decolorizes.

bleaching liquor made in a still (see 3).

A bleaching liquor or powder.