blacking upn.

Brit.

/ˌblakɪŋ ˈʌp/, U.S.

/ˌblækɪŋ ˈəp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blacking n.¹, up adv.¹

Etymology: < blacking n.¹ + up adv.¹ In sense 2 after to black up 2 at black v. Phrasal verbs.

†1. Photography. The process of darkening (an area of) a photographic print. Cf. burning-in n. at burning n. Additions. Obsolete. rare.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > [noun] > other processes

anthotype1843

blacking up1866

spotting1867

squeegeeing1892

photofinishing1916

dropout1948

prescreening1956

1866 J. Mudd Collodio-albumen Process 16 Take care not to go too far in bringing out every detail, as the subsequent blacking up will bring out more, and fog the picture, just as over-exposure does.

2. The action, process, or practice (by a white person) of applying dark colour to the face (and sometimes also the body), typically in order to play the role of a black person.

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1870 N.Y. Clipper 16 Apr. 10/1 The preparation for ‘blacking up’ consists of common cork, burnt and powdered, of which a paste is made and applied with the hands.

1878 A. E. Moule Story of Cheh-Kiang Mission i. 9 Everything foreign is popular and current in the interior of ‘Dai Nippon’, from lucifer matches and blacking up to portraits of the Queen of England.

1918 A. G. Empey First Call 273 Blacking up is very important... You are fighting hand to hand in a strange and narrow trench. It is hard to distinguish friend from foe. Black face means friend, white face means German.

1938 Atlanta Daily World 2 July 6/3 Colored players have a safeguard against the blacking up of white players for native or Negro parts.

1980 Guardian 3 Nov. (Women section) 8/8 Nobody expects it [sc. Equity's Afro-Asian Committee] to do anything, except protest from time to time about the blacking-up of whites.

2012 Daily Star (Nexis) 5 Jan. 13 Blacking up is not something we would support anyone doing and belongs to the last century.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blacking up
释义	blacking upn. Brit. /ˌblakɪŋ ˈʌp/, U.S. /ˌblækɪŋ ˈəp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blacking n.¹, up adv.¹ Etymology: < blacking n.¹ + up adv.¹ In sense 2 after to black up 2 at black v. Phrasal verbs. †1. Photography. The process of darkening (an area of) a photographic print. Cf. burning-in n. at burning n. Additions. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > [noun] > other processes anthotype1843 blacking up1866 spotting1867 squeegeeing1892 photofinishing1916 dropout1948 prescreening1956 1866 J. Mudd Collodio-albumen Process 16 Take care not to go too far in bringing out every detail, as the subsequent blacking up will bring out more, and fog the picture, just as over-exposure does. 2. The action, process, or practice (by a white person) of applying dark colour to the face (and sometimes also the body), typically in order to play the role of a black person. ΚΠ 1870 N.Y. Clipper 16 Apr. 10/1 The preparation for ‘blacking up’ consists of common cork, burnt and powdered, of which a paste is made and applied with the hands. 1878 A. E. Moule Story of Cheh-Kiang Mission i. 9 Everything foreign is popular and current in the interior of ‘Dai Nippon’, from lucifer matches and blacking up to portraits of the Queen of England. 1918 A. G. Empey First Call 273 Blacking up is very important... You are fighting hand to hand in a strange and narrow trench. It is hard to distinguish friend from foe. Black face means friend, white face means German. 1938 Atlanta Daily World 2 July 6/3 Colored players have a safeguard against the blacking up of white players for native or Negro parts. 1980 Guardian 3 Nov. (Women section) 8/8 Nobody expects it [sc. Equity's Afro-Asian Committee] to do anything, except protest from time to time about the blacking-up of whites. 2012 Daily Star (Nexis) 5 Jan. 13 Blacking up is not something we would support anyone doing and belongs to the last century. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1866
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