alumingn.
/ˈaləmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈæləmɪŋ/ The action of alum v.Recorded earliest in attributive use.
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the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > [noun] > processes or techniques
masteringa1475
woading1613
aluming1735
saddening1743
bouillon1791
galling1791
dunging1792
piece-dyeing1863
union dyeing1875
batik1880
batiking1880
tie-and-dye1886
cross-dyeing1901
tie-dying1903
vat dyeing1912
tie-dye1926
tied dyeing1928
ikat1931
overdyeing1939
yūzen1958
spin-dyeing1961
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > treatment of plates, films, or paper > [noun]
mercurializing1841
mercurialization1843
albumenizing1851
sensitizing1851
sensibilization1855
sensitization1857
albuminization1868
fuming1889
aluming1896
orthochromatizing1903
lenticulation1916
hypersensitizing1920
panchromatizing1922
hypersensitization1933
pre-exposure1937
latensification1940
1565 in F. G. Emmison Essex Wills (1983) (modernized text) II. 227 To my son John my ‘alleuminge’..trough.
1583 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 172 Ane almyng tub.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 86/2 Drenching, is the putting of the dressed skins into a liquor made of Barn and Water. Drawing the Pits. Pressing. Alloming. Drying, hanging them on ropes.
1735 J. Barrow Dict. Polygraphicum I. sig. B4 The method of aluming of stuffs, particularly for dying reds.
1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. i. i. ii. 35 Tartar is not used in the aluming of silk and thread.
1862 C. O'Neill Dict. Calico Printing 15/1 By aluming the silk is considered to take the dye better.
1896 Kodak News Aug. 29/1 During development, fixing and aluming, it showed no sign of blistering... Using an alumed fixing bath..improved matters.
2002 P. Frank Yorks. Fisherfolk vii. 128 Apart from the routine cleaning and aluming, nets had to be taken out of the cobles daily to be spread and dried off.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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