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单词 blued
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bluedadj.

Brit. /bluːd/, U.S. /blud/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: blue v.1, -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < blue v.1 + -ed suffix1.
Made blue, coloured blue; spec. (of steel or steel objects) given a blue-black protective finish by the process of bluing (bluing n. 3).
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1766 Monthly Rev. Apr. 281 The blued cloth, after being steeped in river water and drained.
1824 W. Kitchiner Econ. Eye xiv. 107 The blued steel frames are good looking enough when new, but soon lose their Azure lustre, and then look very shabby.
1859 C. F. Schoenbein Let. 30 Nov. in M. Faraday Corr. (2008) V. 29 The color of the blued solution of the Boletus matter.
1902 O. Henry in Black Cat Apr. 9 Specially designed and constructed were the implements..the blued drills and punches of the finest temper.
1991 R. R. McCammon Boy's Life iii. vii. 299 He suddenly spun his pistol around and around his trigger finger, the sun glinting off the blued metal.
2003 N.Y. Observer (Nexis) 5 May (Arts section) 22 The cheap, silvery hairnets from Woolworth's his Mama used to use on her blued hair.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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