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US
/ˈbɫuɪŋ/
]
[ UK /blˈuːɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /blˈuːɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
- a process that makes something blue (or bluish)
How To Use bluing In A Sentence
- WIth a $50 coat of teflon, it may be my next working rifle for high end work (the bluing is thin). A Top-Notch Working Rifle: David Petzal Reviews the Montana Rifle Company Model 1999 Ridgeline
- Highly polished bluing - probably the most beautiful of all the finishes - is no longer financially feasible in the small gun shop.
- The sky was now bluing up as the time approached 4 PM.
- The barrels' subtle blue-grey colors result from charcoal bluing.
- Other manufacturers may make rifles with fancier stocks, brighter bluing, better checkering and polishing.
- No longer do we have to deal with hot bluing or boiled linseed oil.
- The gun was bead blasted around the top of the slide and bottom of the frame and the flats were given a nice, even polish before bluing.
- The bluing is the same, as is the stock color and finish. Return of the Model 70
- The bluing was worn off both sides of the barrel deep into the silver bare metal, as was the cylinder.
- Whiteners can be either bleach or bluing agents.
