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mandarining

mandarining noun: the use of a nitric acid solution to give an orange colour to textiles, such as silk or wool.

Noun

mandarining (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, historical) The use of a nitric acid solution to give an orange colour to textiles, such as silk or wool.
    • By this method, which is called mandarining, an orange colour is given to silk and wool, not from the solution of a colouring matter, but by producing a certain change in the fibre by the action of dilute nitric acid.1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures

Origin of mandarining

From mandarin + -ing.

Questions about mandarining

What does mandarining mean?
Mandarining means the use of a nitric acid solution to give an orange colour to textiles, such as silk or wool.
What part of speech is mandarining?
Mandarining is a noun.

Words near mandarining in the dictionary

  1. mandarines
  2. mandariness
  3. mandarinesses
  4. mandarinfish
  5. mandarinic
  6. mandarining
  7. mandarinism
  8. mandarinisms
  9. mandarinization
  10. mandarinize
  11. mandarinized

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