Bible Dictionaries
Bluing

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Something to give a bluish tint, as indigo, or preparations used by washerwomen.

(2):

(n.) The act of rendering blue; as, the bluing of steel.

(3):

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blue

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bluing'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/bluing.html. 1828.