bleachingn.¹

/bliːtʃɪŋ/

Etymology: < bleach v.¹

1. The art or process of whitening or cleansing by washing and exposure, or by chemical agents.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitening > [noun] > bleaching

whiting?a1425

bleaching1552

dealbation1608

overbleaching1921

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bleachynge, insolatio.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. ii. 111 Behold what honest cloathes you send forth to bleaching .

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 109 It is this oxygen..which is the really active agent in bleaching.

†2. A bleachery. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitener > [noun] > where bleach is made

bleaching1677

bleach-works1818

1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 135 There are..by the River Avon side, convenient places to make Bleachings.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations, as bleaching-croft, bleaching-field, bleaching-fluid, bleaching-ground, bleaching-liquor, bleaching powder;

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitener > [noun] > bleaching agent > vessel used > where bleaching is done

bleaking-housea1627

bleachery1714

bleach-green1724

bleach-field1753

bleach-yard1758

bleach-grounds1815

bleaching-ground1817

bleach-croft1852

the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitener > [noun] > bleaching agent

blancher1477

whitener1686

white steep1804

eau de Javelle1807

chlorine1810

animal charcoal1838

chemic1843

styrone1852

bleaching powder1854

oxygen1858

decolorizerc1865

still-liquor1866

bleach1898

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. viii. 156 The large open meadow which..serves as a bleaching-field and pleasure walk for the inhabitants.

1822 T. Webster Imison's Elem. Sci. & Art (new ed.) II. 161 The rationale of the bleaching processes.

1833 H. Martineau Messrs. Vanderput & Snoek v. 85 In yonder bleaching ground.

1854 J. Scoffern in Orr's Circle Sci. Chem. 422 Commercial bleaching-powder, or so-called chloride of lime.

1865 Athenæum No. 1957. 584/1 The bleaching-crofts of Lancashire.

C2.

bleaching-clay n. (see quot.).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > clay > [noun] > for making pottery > types of

white claya1387

bottle clay1686

porcelain clay1690

blue clay1698

tasco1726

kaolin1728

capital1738

unaker1744

saggar1786

ball clay1811

Cornish clay1829

china-clay1840

Poole clay1875

bleaching-clay1881

pâte1890

virgin clay1891

1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 108 Bleaching-clay, Kaolin, used with size, to whiten..cotton goods.

bleaching-green n.

ΚΠ

1738 Belfast Newsp. in Antrim & Down Gloss. (E.D.S.) 14 A good buck-house, about 80 feet long, with a well-watered bleaching green.

1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. xv. 276 A long green ribbon of flat meadow, laid down in the middle of the landscape like a web on a bleaching green.

1901 Remin. Dollar Acad. 112 He washed himself..in the small lade or ‘trows’ which conveyed the water from the burn at the bleaching-green.

1992 Independent 19 June 18/8 No bed sheets were ever so white, crisp and fragrant as the heavy Victorian linen, boiled in the washing ‘bine’ and dried on the bleaching green, held down on the grass by a stone at each corner.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	bleaching
释义	bleachingn.¹ /bliːtʃɪŋ/ Etymology: < bleach v.¹ 1. The art or process of whitening or cleansing by washing and exposure, or by chemical agents. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitening > [noun] > bleaching whiting?a1425 bleaching1552 dealbation1608 overbleaching1921 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bleachynge, insolatio. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. ii. 111 Behold what honest cloathes you send forth to bleaching . View more context for this quotation 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 109 It is this oxygen..which is the really active agent in bleaching. †2. A bleachery. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitener > [noun] > where bleach is made bleaching1677 bleach-works1818 1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 135 There are..by the River Avon side, convenient places to make Bleachings. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as bleaching-croft, bleaching-field, bleaching-fluid, bleaching-ground, bleaching-liquor, bleaching powder; ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitener > [noun] > bleaching agent > vessel used > where bleaching is done bleaking-housea1627 bleachery1714 bleach-green1724 bleach-field1753 bleach-yard1758 bleach-grounds1815 bleaching-ground1817 bleach-croft1852 the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitener > [noun] > bleaching agent blancher1477 whitener1686 white steep1804 eau de Javelle1807 chlorine1810 animal charcoal1838 chemic1843 styrone1852 bleaching powder1854 oxygen1858 decolorizerc1865 still-liquor1866 bleach1898 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. viii. 156 The large open meadow which..serves as a bleaching-field and pleasure walk for the inhabitants. 1822 T. Webster Imison's Elem. Sci. & Art (new ed.) II. 161 The rationale of the bleaching processes. 1833 H. Martineau Messrs. Vanderput & Snoek v. 85 In yonder bleaching ground. 1854 J. Scoffern in Orr's Circle Sci. Chem. 422 Commercial bleaching-powder, or so-called chloride of lime. 1865 Athenæum No. 1957. 584/1 The bleaching-crofts of Lancashire. C2. bleaching-clay n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > clay > [noun] > for making pottery > types of white claya1387 bottle clay1686 porcelain clay1690 blue clay1698 tasco1726 kaolin1728 capital1738 unaker1744 saggar1786 ball clay1811 Cornish clay1829 china-clay1840 Poole clay1875 bleaching-clay1881 pâte1890 virgin clay1891 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 108 Bleaching-clay, Kaolin, used with size, to whiten..cotton goods. bleaching-green n. ΚΠ 1738 Belfast Newsp. in Antrim & Down Gloss. (E.D.S.) 14 A good buck-house, about 80 feet long, with a well-watered bleaching green. 1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. xv. 276 A long green ribbon of flat meadow, laid down in the middle of the landscape like a web on a bleaching green. 1901 Remin. Dollar Acad. 112 He washed himself..in the small lade or ‘trows’ which conveyed the water from the burn at the bleaching-green. 1992 Independent 19 June 18/8 No bed sheets were ever so white, crisp and fragrant as the heavy Victorian linen, boiled in the washing ‘bine’ and dried on the bleaching green, held down on the grass by a stone at each corner. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † bleachingn.² Etymology: < bleach v.² Obsolete. (Shoemakers') blacking. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > blackening agent > [noun] blatchOE bleckc1440 bleacha1500 bleaching?1518 black1558 bletch1570 blacking?1571 linka1616 denigrator1658 black wash1684 shoe-blacking1735 burnt corkc1800 ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.1 The currier and cobler..offred Cocke a blechynge pot. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019). bleachingadj. Etymology: < bleach v.¹ + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbleaching. (a) That bleaches or whitens: figurative cleansing, purifying. (b) Becoming white from exposure. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitening > [adjective] > bleached > bleaching by exposure bleaching1884 1884 J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha in Soudan 204 The ground..was strewn with the bleaching bones of the slain. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.¹1552n.²?1518adj.1884
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bleachingn.1

Compounds

† bleachingn.2

bleachingadj.

bleachingn.¹

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